Psalms 51:3

Psalms 51:3 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)For I acknowledge my transgressions: and my sin is ever before me.
• English Standard Version (ESV)For I know my transgressions, and my sin is ever 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 unfailing love; according to your great compassion blot out my transgressions. 2Wash away all my iniquity and cleanse me from my sin. For I know my transgressions, and my sin is always before me. 4Against you, you only, have I sinned and done what is evil in your sight; so you are right in your verdict and justified when you judge. 5Surely I was sinful at birth, sinful from the time my mother conceived me.

Psalms 51:3 word by word

כִּֽי־פְ֭שָׁעַי אֲנִ֣י אֵדָ֑ע וְחַטָּאתִ֖י נֶגְדִּ֣י תָמִֽיד׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• For I acknowledgeיָדַעyâda‛ · to knowH3045
• my transgressionsפֶּ֫שַׁעpesha‛ · transgressionH6588
• and my sinחַטָּאתchaţţâ'âh chaţţâ'th · sinH2403
• everתָּמִידtâmîyd · continuallyH8548

Cross-references for Psalms 51:3

• Psalms 32:5Then I acknowledged my sin to you and did not cover up my iniquity. I said, “I will confess my transgressions to the Lord.” And you forgave the guilt of my sin.
• Psalms 38:18I confess my iniquity; I am troubled by my sin.
• Leviticus 26:40“ ‘But if they will confess their sins and the sins of their ancestors—their unfaithfulness and their hostility toward me,
• Nehemiah 9:2Those of Israelite descent had separated themselves from all foreigners. They stood in their places and confessed their sins and the sins of their ancestors.
• Job 33:27And they will go to others and say, ‘I have sinned, I have perverted what is right, but I did not get what I deserved.
• Proverbs 28:13Whoever conceals their sins does not prosper, but the one who confesses and renounces them finds mercy.
• Luke 15:18I will set out and go back to my father and say to him: Father, I have sinned against heaven and against you.
• Psalms 40:12For troubles without number surround me; my sins have overtaken me, and I cannot see. They are more than the hairs of my head, and my heart fails within me.
• Isaiah 59:12For our offenses are many in your sight, and our sins testify against us. Our offenses are ever with us, and we acknowledge our iniquities:
• Jeremiah 3:25Let us lie down in our shame, and let our disgrace cover us. We have sinned against the Lord our God, both we and our ancestors; from our youth till this day we have not obeyed 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

Topics related to Psalms 51:3

• Conscience
• Conviction
• Desire
• Homicide
• Prayer
• Remorse
• Repentance
• Sin

In the dictionaries

• Acknowledge
• Bloodguiltiness
• Clean
• Conceive
• Contrite
• Create
• Hide
• Iniquity
• Psalms
• Purge

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