Psalms 51:4
Against thee—against thee alone, have I sinned, And, wickedness—in thine eyes, have I done,—That thou mayest, Be justified when thou speakest,—Be clear when thou judgest.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
In Context
3For, my transgressions, do, I, acknowledge, And, my sin, is before me continually:
5Lo! in iniquity, was I brought forth, And, in sin, did my mother conceive me.
Cross References
Genesis 9:6He that sheddeth man’s blood, by man, shall his blood be shed,—For, in the image of God, made he man.
Genesis 38:7And it came to pass that Er, Judah’s firstborn was displeasing in the eyes of Yahweh,—so Yahweh put him to death,
Leviticus 5:19a guilt-bearer, it is,—he was, verily guilty against Yahweh.
2 Samuel 12:9Wherefore, hast thou despised the word of Yahweh, by doing that which is wicked in mine eyes? Uriah the Hittite, hast thou smitten with the sword, and, his wife, hast thou taken to thyself to wife, yea, him, hast thou slain with the sword of the sons of Ammon!
2 Kings 17:17and made their sons and their daughters pass through the fire, and used divinations and enchantments, and sold themselves to do the thing that was wicked in the eyes of Yahweh, provoking him to wrath.
Psalms 50:4He calleth, Unto the heavens above, And unto 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 →