Psalms 51:4
Against you, you only, have I sinned, and done this evil in your sight: that you might be justified when you speak, and be clear when you judge.
Updated King James Version
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In Context
3For I acknowledge my transgressions: and my sin is ever before me.
5Behold, I was formed in iniquity; and in sin did my mother conceive me.
Cross References
Genesis 9:6Whoso sheds man's blood, by man shall his blood be shed: for in the image of God made he man.
Genesis 38:7And Er, Judah's firstborn, was wicked in the sight of the LORD; and the LORD slew him.
Leviticus 5:19It is a trespass offering: he has certainly trespassed against the LORD.
2 Samuel 12:9Wherefore have you despised the commandment of the LORD, to do evil in his sight? you have killed Uriah the Hittite with the sword, and have taken his wife to be your wife, and have slain him with the sword of the children of Ammon.
2 Kings 17:17And they caused their sons and their daughters to pass through the fire, and used divination and enchantments, and sold themselves to do evil in the sight of the LORD, to provoke him to anger.
Psalms 50:4He shall call to the heavens from above, and 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 →