Psalms 51:3 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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

Psalms 51:3 —

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Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Proverbs 28:13
He that covereth his sins shall not prosper: but whoso confesseth and forsaketh them shall have mercy.
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;
Psalms 38:18
For I will declare mine iniquity; I will be sorry for my sin.
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.
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; …

Topics

Afflictions and Adversities Blessing Conscience Contrition Conviction Depravity of Man Desire Enquiring of God

Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 1-6)

The title has reference to a very sad story, that of David’s fall. But, though he fell, he was not utterly cast down, for God graciously upheld him and raised him up. 1. The sin which, in this psalm, he laments, was the folly and wickedness he committed with his neighbour’s wife, a sin not to be spoken of, nor thought of, without detestation. His debauching of Bathsheba was the inlet to all the ot…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 3)

Psa 51:1-19. On the occasion, compare 2Sa 11:12. The Psalm illustrates true repentance, in which are comprised conviction, confession, sorrow, prayer for mercy, and purposes of amendment, and it is accompanied by a lively faith. 1-4. A plea for mercy is a confession of guilt. blot out--as from a register. transgressions--literally, “rebellions” (Psa 19:13; 32:1).