Psalms 51:4
Against Thee, Thee only, I have sinned, And done the evil thing in Thine eyes, So that Thou art righteous in Thy words, Thou art pure in Thy judging.
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
3For my transgressions I do know, And my sin [is] before me continually.
5Lo, in iniquity I have been brought forth, And in sin doth my mother conceive me.
Cross References
Genesis 9:6whoso sheddeth man's blood, by man is his blood shed: for in the image of God hath He made man.
Genesis 38:7and Er, Judah's first-born, is evil in the eyes of Jehovah, and Jehovah doth put him to death.
Leviticus 5:19it [is] a guilt-offering; he hath been certainly guilty before Jehovah.'
2 Samuel 12:9'Wherefore hast thou despised the word of Jehovah, to do the evil thing in His eyes? Uriah the Hittite thou hast smitten by the sword, and his wife thou hast taken to thee for a wife, and him thou hast slain by the sword of the Bene-Ammon.
2 Kings 17:17and cause their sons and their daughters to pass over through fire, and divine divinations, and use enchantments, and sell themselves to do the evil thing in the eyes of Jehovah, to provoke Him;
Psalms 50:4He doth call unto the heavens from above, And unto the earth, to 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 →