Adapted from Psalm 51 (ESV)

Leader: Have mercy on me, O God, according to your steadfast love;
according to your abundant mercy, blot out my transgressions.
People: Wash me thoroughly from my iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin!

Leader: For I know my transgressions and my sin is ever before me.
People: Against you, you only, have I sinned, and done what is evil in your sight,
so that you may be justified in your words, and blameless in your judgment.

Leader: Behold, I was brought forth in iniquity, and in sin did my mother conceive me.
Behold, you delight in…