Psalms 51:9

Psalms 51:9. Hide thy face from my sins, and blot out all mine iniquities.

It is not, "Let the evil be hushed up, let not my people hear about it," but, "Hide thy face from my sins." It is not, "Help me to forget that I have been a criminal." No; but, "Hide thy face from my sins." "And, Lord, when thou art blotting out mine iniquities, blot them all cut; those that have never come to such a public head as this great sin with Bathsheba. Lord, when thou dost begin blotting out my sins, make a clean sweep of them all. Draw thy pen right down the page of my guilt; strike out every item that ever has been recorded there: ‘Blot out all mine iniquities.’ "