Psalms 51:3
For, my transgressions, do, I, acknowledge, And, my sin, is before me continually:
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
For I acknowledge my transgressions: and my sin is ever before me.
In Context
2Thoroughly wash me from mine iniquity, And, from my sin, make me pure;
Cross References
Leviticus 26:40Then shall they confess their iniquity, And the iniquity of their fathers, In their unfaithfulness wherewith they had been unfaithful towards me; Yea moreover, because they had gone in opposition to me,
Job 33:27He sang before men, and said, I sinned, and, uprightness, I perverted, yet he requited me not;
Psalms 38:18For, mine iniquity, will I declare, I shall be anxious because of my sin;
Psalms 41:5Mine enemies, speak ill of me, When will he die, and his name perish?
Isaiah 43:25I—I, am he that is ready, To wipe out thy transgressions for mine own sake,—And, thy sins, not remember.
Jeremiah 3:25We must lie down in our shame And our reproach, be our covering, For, against Yahweh our God, have we sinned, We and our fathers, from our youth even until this day,—Neither have we hearkened unto the voice of Yahweh 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 →