The First Epistle of Clement to the Corinthians
Clemens Romanus (Clement of Rome)
Clement of Rome. The Apostolic Fathers, Volume 1. Lake, Kirsopp, editor. London: William Heinemann Ltd.; New York: The Macmillan Company, 1912.
And again he says, But I am as smoke from a pot.
But what shall we say of the famous David?[*](The humility of David) Of him said God, I have found a man after my own heart, David the son of Jesse, I have anointed him with eternal mercy;
but he too says to God Have mercy upon me, O God, according to thy
great mercy, and according to the multitude of thy compassions, blot out my transgression.Wash me yet more from mine iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin; for I know my iniquity, and my sin is ever before me.
Against thee only did I sin, and did evil before thee, that thou mightest be justified in thy words, and mightest overcome when thou art judged.