Psalms 51:3
For I know mine iniquities, and my sinne is euer before me.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
For I acknowledge my transgressions: and my sin is ever before me.
In Context
2Wash me throughly from mine iniquitie, and clense me from my sinne.
Cross References
Leviticus 26:40Then they shall confesse their iniquitie, and the wickednes of their fathers for their trespasse, which they haue trespassed against mee, and also because they haue walked stubburnly against me.
Job 33:27He looketh vpon men, and if one say, I haue sinned, and peruerted righteousnesse, and it did not profite me,
Psalms 38:18When I declare my paine, and am sory for my sinne,
Psalms 41:5Mine enemies speake euill of me, saying, When shall he die, and his name perish?
Isaiah 43:25I, euen I am he that putteth away thine iniquities for mine owne sake, and will not remember thy sinnes.
Jeremiah 3:25Wee lie downe in our confusion, and our shame couereth vs: for we haue sinned against the Lord our God, we and our fathers from our youth, euen vnto this day, and haue not obeyed the voyce of the Lord 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 →