“We have sinned with our fathers, we have committed iniquity, we have done wickedly.”
We have sinned, and done iniquity; we have committed wickedness. The shift from 'I' to 'we' marks the transition to corporate confession, as the psalmist assumes the voice of the entire community. The three verbs—'sinned,' 'done iniquity,' 'committed wickedness'—intensify the acknowledgment of communal guilt. The present-tense confession ('we have') takes ownership of past unfaithfulness, establishing solidarity with all Israel across time.
COMMUNITY REFLECTIONS
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