Psalms 51:3
For I know my transgressions, || And my sin [is] continually before me.
Literal Standard Version
In The King James Version
For I acknowledge my transgressions: and my sin is ever before me.
In Context
2Thoroughly wash me from my iniquity, || And cleanse me from my sin,
Cross References
Leviticus 26:40And [if] they have confessed their iniquity and the iniquity of their fathers, in their trespass which they have trespassed against Me, and also that they have walked with Me in opposition,
Job 33:27[Then] he looks on men and says, || I sinned, and I have perverted uprightness, || And it has not been profitable to me.
Psalms 38:18For I declare my iniquity, || I am sorry for my sin.
Psalms 41:5My enemies say evil of me: When he dies—his name has perished!
Isaiah 43:25I [am] He who is blotting out Your transgressions for My own sake, || And I do not remember your sins.
Jeremiah 3:25We have lain down in our shame, and our confusion covers us, || For we have sinned against our God YHWH, || We, and our fathers, from our youth even to this day, || Nor have we listened to the voice of our God YHWH!”
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 →