him (v. 7). He pleads, “Turn your face away from my sins and blot out all my guilt” (v. 9). This kind of confession involves honesty. David is completely transparent before God. He does not try to cover over his sin, for he knows he cannot do that; and he does not try to blame other people or his circumstances for his sin, something we often do. We talk about how we were tired or how someone else did something to us or how we were put in a certain situation. We are prone to do exactly what our sinful