Search for Innocence, Journey through the Psalms in Lent

God as judge come forth in many psalms. By reading Psalms 25 to 28 today we hear God as judge. However its not judge as we understand the process of hearing all the evidence and making a decision. God as judge is the one who bestows forgiveness on the worshipper. From Psalm 26 verse 6 today: "I wash my hands in innocence, and go around your altar." The worshipper seeks complete and full forgiveness and trusts God to bestow that gift. As we journey through Lent, is our process of confession a way to trust God's gift of forgiveness? Are we seeking justification, in other words, that it is OK that we have fallen away from God? Or, are we searching for innocence, a confidence that we have a complete and new start?