The Divine Judge Summons the World

Psalms 50:1-6

Unto the end, a psalm of David,

When Nathan the prophet came to him, after he had sinned with Bethsabee.

Have mercy on me, O God, according to thy great mercy. And according to the multitude of thy tender mercies blot out my iniquity.

Wash me yet more from my iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin.

For I know my iniquity, and my sin is always before me.

To thee only have I sinned, and have done evil before thee: that thou mayst be justified in thy words, and mayst overcome when thou art judged.