David's Confession

Psalm 51 is David’s prayer of confession. He had spent an entire year in misery trying to hide and cover up his compounded sins of adultery, betrayal, and murder not realizing that secret sin on earth is an open scandal in heaven.  Once David was exposed by the prophet Nathan in 2 Samuel 11 and 12, it was clear that he wanted nothing more than for that scandal to be closed and forgiven.  This Psalm is one of the most well-known, humbling, convicting and yet encouraging Psalms in the whole bible.