Psalms Chapter 51 verse 3 Holy Bible

ASV Psalms 51:3

For I know my transgressions; And my sin is ever before me.
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BBE Psalms 51:3

For I am conscious of my error; my sin is ever before me.
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DARBY Psalms 51:3

For I acknowledge my transgressions, and my sin is continually before me.
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KJV Psalms 51:3

For I acknowledge my transgressions: and my sin is ever before me.
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WBT Psalms 51:3

To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David, when Nathan the prophet came to him, after he had gone in to Bath-sheba. Have mercy upon me, O God, according to thy loving-kindness: according to the multitude of thy tender mercies, blot out my transgressions.
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WEB Psalms 51:3

For I know my transgressions. My sin is constantly before me.
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YLT Psalms 51:3

For my transgressions I do know, And my sin `is' before me continually.
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Psalms 51 : 3 Bible Verse Songs

Pulpit Commentary

Pulpit CommentaryVerse 3. - For I acknowledge my transgressions (comp. Psalm 32:5, "I said, I will confess my transgressions unto the Lord; and thou forgavest the iniquity of my sin"). The first step in repentance is contrition; the second, confession; the third, amendment of life. And my sin is ever before me. I bear it in mind; I do not hide it from myself. I keep it continually before my mental vision. This, too, is characteristic of true penitence. Mock penitents confess their sins, and straightway forget them. Real genuine ones find it impossible to forget.

Ellicott's Commentary

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(3) For I.--There is an emphatic pronoun in the first clause which we may preserve, at the same time noticing the difference between the violation of the covenant generally in the term transgressions in the first clause, and the offence which made the breach in the second. (See Note Psalm 51:1.) Because I am one who is conscious of my transgressions, and (or, possibly, even) my offence is ever before me.The thought that he had been unfaithful to the covenant was an accusing conscience to him, keeping his sin always before his eyes, and until, according to his prayer in Psalm 51:1-2, he was received back into conscious relationship again, his offence must weigh upon his mind. This explanation holds, whether an individual or the community speaks.