I have sinned

Psalm 51

Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me.

51:10 · King James

After Bathsheba and Uriah. He does not explain himself, argue, or blame. He asks for a clean heart.

Psalm 32

I acknowledged my sin unto thee, and mine iniquity have I not hid. I said, I will confess my transgressions unto the LORD; and thou forgavest the iniquity of my sin. Selah.

32:5 · King James

What keeping quiet did to him, and what happened the moment he stopped.

Psalm 130

If thou, LORD, shouldest mark iniquities, O Lord, who shall stand?

130:3 · King James

If God kept a record of sin nobody could stand. Six verses, and the whole gospel is in them.

Psalm 103

As far as the east is from the west, so far hath he removed our transgressions from us.

103:12 · King James

Not forgiven and filed away. Removed, and the distance he picks has no end to it.