Psalm 51:3 “For I know my transgressions, and my sin is always before me.”

Psalm 51:3

For I know my transgressions, and my sin is always before me.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

For I acknowledge my transgressions: and my sin is ever before me.

World English Bible

For I know my transgressions. My sin is constantly before me.

American Standard Version

For I know my transgressions; And my sin is ever before me.

Geneva Bible 1599

For I know mine iniquities, and my sinne is euer before me.

Darby Translation

For I acknowledge my transgressions, and my sin is continually before me.

Young's Literal Translation

For my transgressions I do know, And my sin [is] before me continually.

Bible in Basic English

For I am conscious of my error; my sin is ever before me.

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Cross references

“For I”

Proverbs 28:13 Psalm 38:18 Psalm 32:5 Luke 15:18–21 Job 33:27 Nehemiah 9:2

Proverbs 28:13 · BSB

He who conceals his sins will not prosper, but whoever confesses and renounces them will find mercy.

Psalm 38:18 · BSB

Yes, I confess my iniquity; I am troubled by my sin.

Psalm 32:5 · BSB

Then I acknowledged my sin to You and did not hide my iniquity. I said, “I will confess my transgressions to the LORD,” and You forgave the guilt of my sin. Selah

Luke 15:18–21 · BSB

I will get up and go back to my father and say to him, “Father, I have sinned against heaven and against you.

Job 33:27 · BSB

Then he sings before men with these words: ‘I have sinned and perverted what was right; yet I did not get what I deserved.

Nehemiah 9:2 · BSB

Those of Israelite descent separated themselves from all the foreigners, and they stood and confessed their sins and the iniquities of their fathers.

“my sin”

Isaiah 59:12 Jeremiah 3:25 Psalm 40:12

Isaiah 59:12 · BSB

For our transgressions are multiplied before You, and our sins testify against us. Our transgressions are indeed with us, and we know our iniquities:

Jeremiah 3:25 · BSB

Let us lie down in our shame; let our disgrace cover us. We have sinned against the LORD our God, both we and our fathers; from our youth even to this day we have not obeyed the voice of the LORD our God.”

Psalm 40:12 · BSB

For evils without number surround me; my sins have overtaken me, so that I cannot see. They are more than the hairs of my head, and my heart has failed within me.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

2Wash me clean of my iniquity and cleanse me from my sin.

4Against You, You only, have I sinned and done what is evil in Your sight, so that You may be proved right when You speak and blameless when You judge.

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