Psalms 51:3
Why dost thou, O mighty man, boast of iniquity in thy mischief? All the day
Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
For I acknowledge my transgressions: and my sin is ever before me.
In Context
2when Doec the Idumean came and told Saul, and said to him, David is gone to the house of Abimelech.
4thy tongue has devised unrighteousness; like a sharpened razor thou hast wrought deceit.
Cross References
Leviticus 26:40And they shall confess their sins, and the sins of their fathers, that they have transgressed and neglected me, and that they have walked perversely before me,
Job 33:27Even then a man shall blame himself, saying, What kind of things have I done? and he has not punished me according to the full amount of my sins.
Psalms 41:5I remembered these things, and poured out my soul in me, for I will go to the place of thy wondrous tabernacle, even to the house of God, with a voice of exultation and thanksgiving and of the sound of those who keep festival. + 41:5 See Appendix.
Isaiah 43:25+ 43:25 Gr. I am, I am.I, even I, am he that blots out thy transgressions for mine own sake, and thy sins; and I will not remember them.
Jeremiah 3:25We have lain down in our shame, and our disgrace has covered us: because we and our fathers have sinned before our God, from our youth until this day; and we have not hearkened to the voice of the Lord our God.
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 →