Psalms 51:4
Against you, only you, have I sinned, and done that which is wrong in your sight: you therefore are just when you speak, and clear when you utter judgment.
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In Context
3For well I know my transgressions, my sin is ever before me.
5See! In guilt was I brought to the birth, and in sin did my mother conceive me.
Cross References
Genesis 9:6Whoever sheds a person’s blood, by people will their blood be shed; for God made people in his own image.
Genesis 38:7But Er, Judah’s eldest son, was wicked in the sight of the Lord, and the Lord took his life.
Psalms 50:4He summons the heavens above and the earth to judge his people.
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 →