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Psalms 51:5

Behold! I was born in iniquity, And in sin did my mother conceive me.

Noyes Bible

In The King James Version

Behold, I was shapen in iniquity; and in sin did my mother conceive me.

In Context

4Against thee, thee only, have I sinned, And in thy sight have I done evil; So that thou art just in thy sentence, And righteous in thy judgment.

6Behold! thou desirest truth in the heart; So teach me wisdom in my inmost soul!

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Cross References

Job 14:4Who can produce a clean thing from an unclean? Not one.

Psalms 58:3The wicked are estranged, from their very birth; The liars go astray as soon as they are born.

Romans 5:12So then as through one man sin entered into the world, and through sin death, and thus [[death]] came through unto all men, because all sinned—

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 →

This Verse In Other Editions

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