Psalms 51:5
For I know my iniquity, and my sin is always before me.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
Behold, I was shapen in iniquity; and in sin did my mother conceive me.
In Context
4Wash me yet more from my iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin.
Cross References
Genesis 8:21And the Lord smelled a sweet savour, and said: I will no more curse the earth for the sake of man: for the imagination and thought of man's heart are prone to evil from his youth: therefore I will no more destroy every living soul as I have done.
Job 14:4Who can make him clean that is conceived of unclean seed ? is it not thou who only art?
Psalms 58:3For in your heart you work iniquity: your hands forge injustice in the earth.
Romans 5:12Wherefore as by one man sin entered into this world, and by sin death; and so death passed upon all men, in whom all have sinned.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 51:2-7
Penitential Petitions. 1 Have mercy upon me, O God, according to thy lovingkindness: according unto the multitude of thy tender mercies blot out my transgressions. 2 Wash me throughly from mine iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin. 3 For I acknowledge my transgressions: and my sin is ever before me. 4 Against thee, thee only, have I sinned, and done this evil in thy sight: that thou mightest be justified when thou speakest, and be clear when thou judgest. 5 Behold, I was shapen in iniquity; and in sin did my… Read the whole commentary →