Psalms 51:4
Against You, You only, have I sinned and done what is evil in Your sight, so that You may be proved right when You speak and blameless when You judge.
Berean Standard Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
3For I know my transgressions, and my sin is always before me.
5Surely I was brought forth in iniquity; I was sinful when my mother conceived me.
Cross References
Genesis 9:6Whoever sheds the blood of man, by man his blood will be shed; for in His own image God has made mankind.
Genesis 38:7But Er, Judah’s firstborn, was wicked in the sight of the LORD; so the LORD put him to death.
Leviticus 5:19It is a guilt offering; he was certainly guilty before the LORD.”
2 Samuel 12:9Why then have you despised the command of the LORD by doing evil in His sight? You put Uriah the Hittite to the sword and took his wife as your own, for you have slain him with the sword of the Ammonites.
2 Kings 17:17They sacrificed their sons and daughters in the fire and practiced divination and soothsaying. They devoted themselves to doing evil in the sight of the LORD, provoking Him to anger.
Psalms 50:4He summons the heavens above, and the earth, that He may judge His people:
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 →