18  I ^mconfess my iniquity;

I am ⁿsorry for my sin.

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27  He sings before men and says:

‘I ^wsinned and perverted what was right,

and it was not repaid to me.

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13  Whoever ^xconceals his transgressions will not prosper,

but he who ^yconfesses and forsakes them will obtain mercy.

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18 I will arise and go to my father, and I will say to him, “Father, ^sI have sinned against ^theaven and before you.

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21 And the son said to him, ‘Father, I have sinned against heaven and before you. ^uI am no longer worthy to be called your son.’¹

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9 ^uIf we confess our sins, he is ^vfaithful and just to forgive us our sins and ^rto cleanse us from all unrighteousness.