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Psalms 51:3
3Be gracious to me, O God, according to Your mercy. According to Your great compassion blot out my transgressions.
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.
- 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.
Context of Psalms 51:3
1For the music director: a psalm of David, 2when Nathan the prophet came to him, after he went to Bathsheba. Be gracious to me, O God, according to Your mercy. According to Your great compassion blot out my transgressions. 4Wash me thoroughly from my iniquity and cleanse me from my sin. 5For I know my transgressions and my sin is ever before 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 32:5Then I acknowledged my sin to You and did not hide my iniquity. I said: “I confess my transgressions to Adonai,” and You forgave the guilt of my sin. Selah
- Psalms 38:18For I am about to fall, and my pain is before me constantly.
- Leviticus 26:40“But if they confess their iniquity and that of their fathers, in the treachery they committed against Me, and how they walked contrary to Me
- Nehemiah 9:2The offspring of Israel separated themselves from all foreigners, standing and confessing their sins and the iniquities of their fathers.
- Job 33:27He sings to others, saying, ‘I have sinned and perverted what is right, but I did not get what I deserved.
- Proverbs 28:13One who covers up his transgressions will not prosper, but whoever confesses and forsakes them finds mercy.
- Luke 15:18I’ll get up and go to my father, and I’ll say to him, ‘Father, I have sinned against heaven and in your presence.
- Psalms 40:12Adonai, do not withhold Your compassions from me. Let Your mercy and Your truth always protect 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’s lie down with our shame and let our disgrace cover us! For we have sinned against Adonai Eloheinu —both we and our fathers— from our youth even to this day. We have not paid attention to the voice of Adonai Eloheinu.”
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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