Psalms 51:3
(51-5) For I know my transgressions; and my sin is ever before me.
JPS TaNaKH 1917
In The King James Version
For I acknowledge my transgressions: and my sin is ever before me.
In Context
2(51-4) Wash me thoroughly from mine iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin.
Cross References
Leviticus 26:40And they shall confess their iniquity, and the iniquity of their fathers, in their treachery which they committed against Me, and also that they have walked contrary unto Me.
Job 33:27He cometh before men, and saith: 'I have sinned, and perverted that which was right, and it profited me not.'
Psalms 38:18(38-19) For I do declare mine iniquity; I am full of care because of my sin.
Psalms 41:5(41-6) Mine enemies speak evil of me: 'When shall he die, and his name perish?'
Isaiah 43:25I, even I, am He that blotteth out thy transgressions for Mine own sake; and thy sins I will not remember.
Jeremiah 3:25Let us lie down in our shame, and let our confusion cover us; for we have sinned against the LORD our God, we and our fathers, from our youth even unto 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 →