Psalms 51:3
(51:5) For of my transgressions I have full knowledge; and my sin is before me continually.
Leeser Tanakh
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 my iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin.
Cross References
Leviticus 26:40And they shall then confess their iniquity, and the iniquity of their fathers, [that] through their trespass which they trespassed against me, and also that [because] they had walked contrary unto me:
Job 33:27He then should assemble men around, and say, “I had sinned, and perverted what is right, yet have I not received a like return.”
Psalms 38:18(38:19) For I will tell of my iniquity; I will be grieved because of my sin.
Psalms 41:5(41:6) My enemies speak evil of me, When will he die, and his name perish?
Isaiah 43:25I, it is I that blot out thy transgressions for my own sake, and thy sins I will not remember.
Jeremiah 3:25We lie down in our shame, and our confusion covereth us; for against the Lord our God have we sinned, we and our fathers, from our youth even 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 →