look on one day, and it resulted in David’s crying out because his joy was gone and his bones had been “crushed” (v. 8). Psalm 51 reminds us of the gravity of sin. You and I may think our sin is small, but it is extremely serious. What we perceive to be the slightest sin is infinitely serious before God. It’s a defiance of God, and it destroys you and others. That is not an overstatement; recall that, according to Genesis 3, sin and death entered the world through one sin. A piece of fruit was eaten,