Psalms 51:3
For I know my transgressions. My sin is constantly before me.
World English 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. Cleanse me from my sin.
Cross References
Leviticus 26:40“‘If they confess their iniquity and the iniquity of their fathers, in their trespass which they trespassed against me; and also that because they walked contrary to me,
Job 33:27He sings before men, and says, ‘I have sinned, and perverted that which was right, and it didn’t profit me.
Psalms 38:18For I will declare my iniquity. I will be sorry for my sin.
Psalms 41:5My enemies speak evil against me: “When will he die, and his name perish?”
Isaiah 43:25I, even I, am he who blots out your transgressions for my own sake; and I will not remember your sins.
Jeremiah 3:25Let us lie down in our shame, and let our confusion cover us; for we have sinned against the LORD our God, we and our fathers, from our youth even to this day. We have not obeyed the LORD our God’s voice.”
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 →