Psalms 51:4
Against you, and you only, I have sinned, and done that which is evil in your sight, so you may be proved right when you speak, and justified when you judge.
World English Bible
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In Context
3For I know my transgressions. My sin is constantly before me.
5Behold, I was born in iniquity. My mother conceived me in sin.
Cross References
Genesis 9:6Whoever sheds man’s blood, his blood will be shed by man, for God made man in his own image.
Genesis 38:7Er, Judah’s firstborn, was wicked in the LORD’s sight. So the LORD killed him.
Leviticus 5:19It is a trespass offering. He is certainly guilty before the LORD.”
2 Samuel 12:9Why have you despised the LORD’s word, to do that which is evil in his sight? You have struck Uriah the Hittite with the sword, have taken his wife to be your wife, and have slain him with the sword of the children of Ammon.
2 Kings 17:17They caused their sons and their daughters to pass through the fire, used divination and enchantments, and sold themselves to do that which was evil in the LORD’s sight, to provoke him to anger.
Psalms 50:4He calls to the heavens above, to the earth, that he may 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 →