Be gracious to me, God, according to Your faithfulness; according to the greatness of Your compassion, wipe out my wrongdoings. Wash me thoroughly from my guilt and cleanse me from my sin. For I know my wrongdoings, and my sin is constantly before me. Against You, and You only, have I sinned and done what is evil in Your sight, so that You are justified when You speak and blameless when You judge. Psalm 51:1-4 NASB

Merciful Lord, pardon all my sins of this day, week, year. All the sins of my life.

Sins of early, middle, and advanced years,
of omission and commission,
of morose, peevish and angry tempers,
of lip, life and walk,
of hard-heartedness, unbelief, presumption, and pride,
of unfaithfulness to the souls of men,
of want of bold decision in the cause of Christ,
of deficiency in outspoken zeal for his glory,
of bringing dishonour upon thy great name,
of deception, injustice, untruthfulness in my dealings with others,
of impurity in thought, word and deed,
of covetousness, which is idolatry,
of substance unduly hoarded, improvidently squandered, not consecrated to the glory of thee, the great Giver.

Sins in private and in the family,
in study and recreation, in the busy haunts of men,
in the study of thy Word and in the neglect of it,
in prayer irreverently offered and coldly withheld,
in time misspent,
in yielding to Satan’s wiles,
in opening my heart to his temptations,
in being unwatchful when I know him (he is) nigh,
in quenching the Holy Spirit.

Sins against light and knowledge,
against conscience and the restraints of thy Spirit,
against the law of eternal love.

Pardon all my sins, known and unknown, felt and unfelt, confessed and not confessed, remembered or forgotten.

Good Lord, hear; and hearing, forgive.

Adapted, The Valley of Vision, Arthur Bennett (1915 – 1994)