Psalms 51:4
I have sinned against you, you alone. I have done evil in your sight. So you are right in what you say, and fair when you judge.
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In Context
3I admit my rebellion; my sin always stares me in my face.
5It's true that I was born guilty—sinful from the time my mother conceived me.
Cross References
Genesis 9:6Whoever sheds the blood of a human being will have their blood shed by human beings. For God made human beings in his image.
Genesis 38:7But Er did what was evil in the Lord's sight, so the Lord put him to death.
Leviticus 5:19It is a guilt offering because you were guilty as far as the Lord was concerned.”
2 Samuel 12:9So why have you treated what the Lord said with contempt by doing evil in his sight? You killed Uriah the Hittite with the sword and stole his wife—you killed him using the sword of the Ammonites.
2 Kings 17:17They sacrificed their sons and daughters as pagan burnt offerings, and practiced fortune-telling and witchcraft. They gave themselves over to doing what was evil in the Lord's sight, making him angry.
Psalms 50:4He summons the heavens above and the earth to witness the judgment of 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 →