Psalms 51:3
For I acknowledge my transgressions, And my sin is ever before me.
Noyes Bible
In The King James Version
For I acknowledge my transgressions: and my sin is ever before me.
In Context
2Wash me thoroughly from my iniquity, And cleanse me from my sin!
Cross References
Job 33:27He shall sing among men, and say, “I sinned; I acted perversely; Yet hath he not requited me for it:
Psalms 38:18For I confess my iniquity, And am troubled on account of my sin.
Psalms 41:5My enemies speak evil of me: “When will he die, and his name perish?”
Isaiah 43:25I, I myself, blot out thy transgressions for my own sake, And will not remember thy sins.
Jeremiah 3:25We lie down in our shame, And our ignominy covereth us; For we have sinned against Jehovah our God, We and our fathers, from our youth even to this day, And have not obeyed the voice of Jehovah 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 →