Psalms 51:5
Lo, in iniquity I have been brought forth, And in sin doth my mother conceive me.
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
Behold, I was shapen in iniquity; and in sin did my mother conceive me.
In Context
Cross References
Genesis 8:21and Jehovah smelleth the sweet fragrance, and Jehovah saith unto His heart, 'I continue not to disesteem any more the ground because of man, though the imagination of the heart of man [is] evil from his youth; and I continue not to smite any more all living, as I have done;
Job 14:4Who giveth a clean thing out of an unclean? not one.
Psalms 58:3The wicked have been estranged from the womb, They have erred from the belly, speaking lies.
Romans 5:12because of this, even as through one man the sin did enter into the world, and through the sin the death; and thus to all men the death did pass through, for that all did sin;
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 →