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Psalms 51:3
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For I know my transgressions,And my sin is ever before me.
For I know my transgressions, And my sin is ever before me.
For I do acknowledge my wickednesse: and my sinne is euer before me.
For I acknowledge my transgressions, and my sin is continually before me.
For I acknowledge my transgressions, And my sin is always before me.
For I know my transgressions; and my sin is ever before me.
I know I have done wrong. I remember that sin all the time.
For I know my transgressions. My sin is constantly before me.
For I acknowledge my transgressions: and my sinne is euer before mee.
For I acknowledge my transgressions: and my sin is ever before me.
For I knowlege my fautes, and my synne is euer before me.
For I am conscious of my transgressions and I acknowledge them; My sin is always before me.
For I know my transgressions; And my sin is ever before me.
For I am conscious of my error; my sin is ever before me.
For I know my transgressions; And my sin is ever before me.
For I acknowledge my transgressions: and my sin [is] ever before me.
For I am aware of my rebellious acts; I am forever conscious of my sin.
I know about my sins, and I cannot forget my terrible guilt.
God, in your grace, have mercy on me; in your great compassion, blot out my crimes.
For I know mine iniquities, and my sinne is euer before me.
For I acknowledge my transgressions, and my sin is ever before me.
For I know my transgressions. My sin is constantly before me.
Be gracious unto me, O God, according to Thy mercy; according to the multitude of Thy compassions blot out my transgressions.
For I know my wrong-doing, and my sin is always in front of me.
For I am conscious of mine iniquity; and my sin is continually before me.
For I acknowledge my transgressions: and my sin is ever before me.
For I know my transgressions, and my sin is always before me.
For I know my transgressions, and my sin is ever before me.
For, my transgressions, do, I, acknowledge, And, my sin, is before me continually:
(50-5) For I know my iniquity, and my sin is always before me.
For I myself know my transgressions, and my sin is ever before me.
For I know my transgressions, and my sin is ever before me.
For I know my wrongdoings, And my sin is constantly before me.
I know about my wrongs, and I can't forget my sin.
I recognize my faults; I am always conscious of my sins.
For I am conscious of my rebellion, and my sin is always before me.
For Y knouleche my wickidnesse; and my synne is euere ayens me.
For my transgressions I do know, And my sin [is] before me continually.
For I know my transgressions, and my sin is ever before me.
Contextual Overview
For the choir director: A psalm of David, regarding the time Nathan the prophet came to him after David had committed adultery with Bathsheba.
Have mercy on me, O God, because of your unfailing love. Because of your great compassion, blot out the stain of my sins. 2 Wash me clean from my guilt. Purify me from my sin. 3 For I recognize my rebellion; it haunts me day and night. 4 Against you, and you alone, have I sinned; I have done what is evil in your sight. You will be proved right in what you say, and your judgment against me is just. 5 For I was born a sinner— yes, from the moment my mother conceived me. 6 But you desire honesty from the womb, teaching me wisdom even there.Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
For I: Psalms 32:5, Psalms 38:18, Leviticus 26:40, Leviticus 26:41, Nehemiah 9:2, Job 33:27, Proverbs 28:13, Luke 15:18-21
my sin: Psalms 40:12, Isaiah 59:12, Jeremiah 3:25
Reciprocal: Leviticus 13:45 - Unclean Leviticus 16:21 - confess over Joshua 7:19 - make Psalms 65:3 - transgressions Jeremiah 14:20 - We acknowledge Lamentations 1:20 - for
Gill's Notes on the Bible
For I acknowledge my transgressions,.... Before God and man. Acknowledgment of sin is what the Lord requires, and promises forgiveness upon, and therefore is used here as a plea for it; and moreover the psalmist had done so before, and had succeeded in this way, which must encourage him to take the same course again; see
Psalms 32:5;
and my sin [is] ever before me; staring him in the face; gnawing upon his conscience, and filling him with remorse and distress; so that his life was a burden to him: for though God had put away sin out of his own sight, so that he would not condemn him for it, and he should not die; notwithstanding as yet it was not caused to pass from David, or the guilt of it removed from his conscience.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
For I acknowledge my transgressions - literally, I know, or make known. That is, he knew that he was a sinner, and he did not seek to cloak or conceal that fact. He came with the knowledge of it himself; he was willing to make acknowledgment of it before God. There was no attempt to conceal it; to excuse it. Compare the notes at Psalms 32:5. The word ““for”” does not imply that he referred to his willingness to confess his sins as an act of merit, but it indicates a state of mind which was necessary to forgiveness, and without which he could not hope for pardon.
And my sin is ever before me - That is, It is now constantly before my mind. It had not been so until Nathan brought it vividly to his recollection (2 Samuel 12:1 ff); but after that it was continually in his view. He could not turn his mind from it. The memory of his guilt followed him; it pressed upon him; it haunted him. It was no wonder that this was so. The only ground of wonder in the case is that it did not occur “before” Nathan made that solemn appeal to him, or that he could have been for a moment insensible to the greatness of his crime. The whole transaction, however, shows that people “may” be guilty of enormous sins, and have for a long time no sense of their criminality; but that “when” the consciousness of guilt is made to come home to the soul, nothing will calm it down. Everything reminds the soul of it; and nothing will drive away its recollection. In such a state the sinner has no refuge - no hope of permanent peace - but in the mercy of God.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Psalms 51:3. For I acknowledge my transgressions — I know, I feel, I confess that I have sinned.
My sin is ever before me. — A true, deep, and unsophisticated mark of a genuine penitent. Wherever he turns his face, he sees his sin, and through it the eye of an angry God.
