How Does Psalm 51: 1-3.1 Have Mercy On Me

Psalms
51:1-3

1 Have mercy on me, O God, according to your steadfast love; according to your abundant mercy blot out my transgressions.
2 Wash me thoroughly from my iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin.
3 For I know my transgressions, and my sin is ever before me.

I chose Psalm 51:1-3 because I feel it relates to my life greatly. These three verses from Psalm 51 relate to my life because I know my wrongdoings, and I know it is the right thing to do to ask the Lord to forgive me and cleanse me from my sins. These three verses from Psalm 51 also relate to my life because I have sinned multiple times, and I have asked the Lord to forgive me many times. When I read these verses from Psalm 51, they made me think deeply about the times where I have sinned and I did not ask the Lord for forgiveness. When I ask the Lord to forgive me of
Also, I feel that verse 6 relates greatly to my life because it displays exactly what I need some help in. In verse 6, there is a statement that if you acknowledge the Lord, He will make you a straight path. I feel that this is something that I could work on or improve on because I need to start acknowledging the Lord more. What I mean by that is I need to start accepting God in to my life more because the more I sin and shine off reality, the less straight my path is going to be. I often come across the thought that God carves a path for each human being, but not everyone follows it. I feel that people get distracted and less connected to God, and they end up drifting off the path that God had carved for them. This makes me believe that if I follow all of the right things and do good things in life, I will smoothly travel through the path that God originally had carved for me. I feel that these verses from Proverbs 3 have opened my eyes and from now on I will look back at these verses as a sign of guidance from