Psalms 51:3
Why dost thou, O mighty man, boast of iniquity in thy mischief? 1 All the day
Updated Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
For I acknowledge my transgressions: and my sin is ever before me.
In Context
4thy tongue has devised unrighteousness; 1 Like a sharpened razor thou hast wrought deceit. 1
Cross References
Leviticus 26:40And they shall confess their sins, and the sins of their fathers, that they have transgressed and neglected me, and that they have walked perversely before me,
Job 33:27Even then a man shall blame himself, saying, 1 What kind of things have I done? and he has not punished me according to the full amount of my sins. 1
Psalms 41:5I remembered these things, and poured out my soul in me, 1 For I will go to the place of thy wondrous tabernacle, even to the house of God, 1 With a voice of exultation and thanksgiving and of the sound of those who keep festival. 1
Isaiah 43:25I, even I, am he that blots out thy transgressions for mine own sake, and thy sins; and I will not remember them.
Jeremiah 3:25We have lain down in our shame, and our disgrace has covered us: because we and our fathers have sinned before our God, from our youth 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 →