English Standard Version
Psalms 51:3
3For I know my transgressions, and my sin is ever before me.
Psalms 51:3 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)For I acknowledge my transgressions: and my sin is ever before me.
- New International Version (NIV)For I know my transgressions, and my sin is always before me.
- New King James Version (NKJV)For I acknowledge my transgressions, And my sin is always before me.
- New Living Translation (NLT)For I recognize my rebellion; it haunts me day and night.
Context of Psalms 51:3
1Have mercy on me, O God, according to your steadfast love; according to your abundant mercy blot out my transgressions. 2Wash me thoroughly from my iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin! For I know my transgressions, and my sin is ever before me. 4Against you, you only, have I sinned and done what is evil in your sight, so that you may be justified in your words and blameless in your judgment. 5Behold, I was brought forth in iniquity, and in sin did my mother conceive me.
Read all of Psalms 51Psalms 51:3 word by word
כִּֽי־פְ֭שָׁעַי אֲנִ֣י אֵדָ֑ע וְחַטָּאתִ֖י נֶגְדִּ֣י תָמִֽיד׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Psalms 51:3
- Psalms 32:5I acknowledged my sin to you, and I did not cover my iniquity; I said, "I will confess my transgressions to the Lord," and you forgave the iniquity of my sin. Selah
- Psalms 38:18I confess my iniquity; I am sorry for my sin.
- Leviticus 26:40"But if they confess their iniquity and the iniquity of their fathers in their treachery that they committed against me, and also in walking contrary to me,
- Nehemiah 9:2And the Israelites separated themselves from all foreigners and stood and confessed their sins and the iniquities of their fathers.
- Job 33:27He sings before men and says: 'I sinned and perverted what was right, and it was not repaid to me.
- Proverbs 28:13Whoever conceals his transgressions will not prosper, but he who confesses and forsakes them will obtain mercy.
- Luke 15:18I will arise and go to my father, and I will say to him, "Father, I have sinned against heaven and before you.
- Psalms 40:12For evils have encompassed me beyond number; my iniquities have overtaken me, and I cannot see; they are more than the hairs of my head; my heart fails me.
- Isaiah 59:12For our transgressions are multiplied before you, and our sins testify against us; for our transgressions are with us, and we know our iniquities:
- Jeremiah 3:25Let us lie down in our shame, and let our dishonor cover us. For we have sinned against the Lord our God, we and our fathers, from our youth even to this day, and we have not obeyed the voice of the Lord our God."
Commentaries on Psalms 51:3
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 3For 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.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 3For 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 Psalm 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…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 3-6The psalmist accepts the results of his sin against God. He understands that he has no goodness without God's renewal.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-191-4. A plea for mercy is a confession of guilt. blot out--as from a register. transgressions--literally, "rebellions" (Psa 19:13; 32:1).Read the comment
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Commentaries on Psalms 51
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- The Treasury of David
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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