known command), ‘sin’ (missing the mark of genuine humanness), ‘guilt’ or ‘iniquity’ (the murky stuff inside me where there should be clarity and openness) and ‘deceit’ (the vain attempt to pretend all is well—a very common problem today). And the reason we do this is the same reason I went to the mechanic. As the Psalmist says in verses 3 and 4, it was hard to live like that. It’s only then that we discover why the Psalm declares that people who confess what’s wrong inside are ‘blessed’ or ‘happy’.