I mentioned of how in Psalm 51 he described his sin as an offence to God, but he also testifies in Psalm 51 of the penalty of his sin. Turn to Psalm 51 if you will. As I look at Psalm 51 I see that there were seven affects sin had in David's life. David felt dirty. He couldn't take a bath in his marble tub and wash away the dirty feeling he had deep in his soul.
Sin soils the soul.
Day and night, night and day, what David had done always on his mind. He couldn't forget his sin. Sin will saturate the mind. David was a conscious-smitten man. He knew he had broken God's law and broken God's heart.