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Psalms 51:3

RepentanceSinGuilt and conscience

1 Have mercy upon me, O God, according to thy lovingkindness: according unto the multitude of thy tender mercies blot out my transgressions.

2 Wash me throughly from mine iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin.

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

4 Against thee, thee only, have I sinned, and done this evil in thy sight: that thou mightest be justified when thou speakest, and be clear when thou judgest.

5 Behold, I was shapen in iniquity; and in sin did my mother conceive me.

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BSB
For I know my transgressions, and my sin is always before me.
KJV
For I acknowledge my transgressions: and my sin is ever before me.
WEB
For I know my transgressions. My sin is constantly before me.
ASV
For I know my transgressions; And my sin is ever before me.
DARBY
For I acknowledge my transgressions, and my sin is continually before me.
BLB
For I know my transgressions, and my sin [is] before me continually.
ÅB
For mine overtredelser kjenner jeg, og min synd er alltid for meg.
OTB
For jeg kjenner mine overtredelser,
Og min synd er alltid for meg.
B1930
For mine overtredelser kjenner jeg, og min synd er alltid for mig.

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • Proverbs 28:13

    He that covereth his sins shall not prosper: but whoso confesseth and forsaketh them shall have mercy.

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  • Isaiah 59:12

    For our transgressions are multiplied before thee, and our sins testify against us: for our transgressions are with us; and as for our iniquities, we know them;

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  • Psalms 38:18

    For I will declare mine iniquity; I will be sorry for my sin.

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  • Psalms 32:5

    I acknowledged my sin unto thee, and mine iniquity have I not hid. I said, I will confess my transgressions unto the LORD; and thou forgavest the iniquity of my sin. Selah.

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  • Luke 15:18–21

    I will arise and go to my father, and will say unto him, Father, I have sinned against heaven, and before thee,

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  • Leviticus 26:40–41

    If they shall confess their iniquity, and the iniquity of their fathers, with their trespass which they trespassed against me, and that also they have walked contrary unto me;

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  • Jeremiah 3:25

    We lie down in our shame, and our confusion covereth us: for we have sinned against the LORD our God, we and our fathers, from our youth even unto this day, and have not obeyed the voice of the LORD our God.

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  • Job 33:27

    He looketh upon men, and if any say, I have sinned, and perverted that which was right, and it profited me not;

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