Psalms 51:14

Psalms 51:14. Deliver me from blood-guiltiness, O God, thou God of my salvation: and my tongue shall sing aloud of thy righteousness.

He puts his finger on the sin. He might have said, and at one time he did say, that he did not kill Uriah the Hittite. Ah, but when he is right with God, he makes no pretences! He does not mince the matter, but he confesses the blood guiltiness, for he was guilty of Uriah’s death: "Deliver me from blood-guiltiness." Be honest with God. You will not receive pardon till you are. He can see through you: what is the use of attempting to hide anything from him? Out with it, man, that God may out with it, too.

Confess it, that God’s pardon covering thy confession may cover all thy sin.