Declaring our unrighteousness is not an indictment against our dignity as much as it is a declaration of our inability to live right without God. It is a declaration of our being lost without God. God is the only One who can put my life on the right path as he provides forgiveness for the past, the strength of His grace for the present, and hope for the future. There is a mysterious power within each of us, which seeks to make us the focal point of our world. No one is exempt.
Sin is an empire wishing to control our lives.
If we surrender to this dominating force self-destruction is inevitable. It is amazing to study about the civilizations of past generations, which vanished from the earth. Most of those civilizations disintegrated because they totally focused on themselves. They succumbed to the self-centering power of sin. Their mouths are full of cursing and bitterness.