Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version For I know my transgressions, and my sin is always before me. New Living Translation For I recognize my rebellion; it haunts me day and night. English Standard Version For I know my transgressions, and my sin is ever before me. Berean Standard Bible For I know my transgressions, and my sin is always before me. King James Bible For I acknowledge my transgressions: and my sin is ever before me. New King James Version For I acknowledge my transgressions, And my sin is always before me. New American Standard Bible For I know my wrongdoings, And my sin is constantly before me. NASB 1995 For I know my transgressions, And my sin is ever before me. NASB 1977 For I know my transgressions, And my sin is ever before me. Legacy Standard Bible For I know my transgressions, And my sin is ever before me. Amplified Bible For I am conscious of my transgressions and I acknowledge them; My sin is always before me. Christian Standard Bible For I am conscious of my rebellion, and my sin is always before me. Holman Christian Standard Bible For I am conscious of my rebellion, and my sin is always before me. American Standard Version For I know my transgressions; And my sin is ever before me. Contemporary English Version I know about my sins, and I cannot forget the burden of my guilt. English Revised Version For I acknowledge my transgressions: and my sin is ever before me. GOD'S WORD® Translation I admit that I am rebellious. My sin is always in front of me. Good News Translation I recognize my faults; I am always conscious of my sins. International Standard Version For I acknowledge my transgression; my sin remains continuously before me. Majority Standard Bible For I know my transgressions, and my sin is always before me. NET Bible For I am aware of my rebellious acts; I am forever conscious of my sin. New Heart English Bible For I know my transgressions. My sin is constantly before me. Webster's Bible Translation 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. Literal Translations Literal Standard VersionFor I know 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. Smith's Literal Translation For I shall know my transgression, and my sin is always before me. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleFor I know my iniquity, and my sin is always before me. Catholic Public Domain Version New American Bible For I know my transgressions; my sin is always before me. New Revised Standard Version For I know my transgressions, and my sin is ever before me. Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleFor I acknowledge my transgressions, and my sin is ever before me. Peshitta Holy Bible Translated Because I know my crimes and my sins are always in front of me. OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917For I know my transgressions; And my sin is ever before me. Brenton Septuagint Translation For I am conscious of mine iniquity; and my sin is continually before me. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Create in Me a Clean Heart, O God…2Wash me clean of my iniquity and cleanse me from my sin. 3For I know my transgressions, and my sin is always before me. 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.… Cross References 1 John 1:9 If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. Proverbs 28:13 He who conceals his sins will not prosper, but whoever confesses and renounces them will find mercy. Isaiah 59:12 For our transgressions are multiplied before You, and our sins testify against us. Our transgressions are indeed with us, and we know our iniquities: Romans 7:18-20 I know that nothing good lives in me, that is, in my flesh; for I have the desire to do what is good, but I cannot carry it out. / For I do not do the good I want to do. Instead, I keep on doing the evil I do not want to do. / And if I do what I do not want, it is no longer I who do it, but it is sin living in me that does it. 1 John 1:8 If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. Jeremiah 3:13 Only acknowledge your guilt, that you have rebelled against the LORD your God. You have scattered your favors to foreign gods under every green tree and have not obeyed My voice,’” declares the LORD. Romans 3:23 for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, Luke 18:13 But the tax collector stood at a distance, unwilling even to lift up his eyes to heaven. Instead, he beat his breast and said, ‘God, have mercy on me, a sinner!’ 2 Samuel 12:13 Then David said to Nathan, “I have sinned against the LORD.” “The LORD has taken away your sin,” Nathan replied. “You will not die. Job 7:20 If I have sinned, what have I done to You, O watcher of mankind? Why have You made me Your target, so that I am a burden to You? 1 Timothy 1:15 This is a trustworthy saying, worthy of full acceptance: Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners, of whom I am the worst. Isaiah 6:5 Then I said: “Woe is me, for I am ruined, because I am a man of unclean lips dwelling among a people of unclean lips; for my eyes have seen the King, the LORD of Hosts.” Romans 7:24 What a wretched man I am! Who will rescue me from this body of death? Ezra 9:6 and said: “O my God, I am ashamed and embarrassed to lift up my face to You, my God, because our iniquities are higher than our heads, and our guilt has reached the heavens. Daniel 9:5 we have sinned and done wrong. We have acted wickedly and rebelled. We have turned away from Your commandments and ordinances. Treasury of Scripture For I acknowledge my transgressions: and my sin is ever before me. For I Psalm 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. Psalm 38:18 For I will declare mine iniquity; I will be sorry for my sin. 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; … my sin Psalm 40:12 For innumerable evils have compassed me about: mine iniquities have taken hold upon me, so that I am not able to look up; they are more than the hairs of mine head: therefore my heart faileth me. 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; 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. Jump to Previous Acknowledge Always Conscious Constantly Continually Error Sin TransgressionsJump to Next Acknowledge Always Conscious Constantly Continually Error Sin TransgressionsPsalm 51 1. David prays for remission of sins, whereof he makes a deep confession6. He prays for sanctification 16. God delights not in sacrifice, but in sincerity 18. He prays for the church For I know The Hebrew word for "know" here is "יָדַע" (yada), which implies an intimate, personal understanding. This is not merely an intellectual acknowledgment but a deep, experiential awareness. In the context of Psalm 51, David is expressing a profound recognition of his moral failure. This knowledge is not abstract; it is a heartfelt realization of his wrongdoing. In a conservative Christian perspective, this highlights the importance of personal conviction and awareness of sin as the first step towards repentance and reconciliation with God. my transgressions and my sin is always 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. Verse 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.Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew Forכִּֽי־ (kî-) Conjunction Strong's 3588: A relative conjunction I אֲנִ֣י (’ă·nî) Pronoun - first person common singular Strong's 589: I know אֵדָ֑ע (’ê·ḏā‘) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singular Strong's 3045: To know my transgressions, פְ֭שָׁעַי (p̄ə·šā·‘ay) Noun - masculine plural construct | first person common singular Strong's 6588: Transgression and my sin וְחַטָּאתִ֖י (wə·ḥaṭ·ṭā·ṯî) Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular construct | first person common singular Strong's 2403: An offence, its penalty, occasion, sacrifice, expiation, an offender is always תָמִֽיד׃ (ṯā·mîḏ) Adverb Strong's 8548: Continuance, constant, ellipt, the regular, sacrifice before me. נֶגְדִּ֣י (neḡ·dî) Preposition | first person common singular Strong's 5048: A front, part opposite, a counterpart, mate, over against, before Links Psalm 51:3 NIVPsalm 51:3 NLT Psalm 51:3 ESV Psalm 51:3 NASB Psalm 51:3 KJV Psalm 51:3 BibleApps.com Psalm 51:3 Biblia Paralela Psalm 51:3 Chinese Bible Psalm 51:3 French Bible Psalm 51:3 Catholic Bible OT Poetry: Psalm 51:3 For I know my transgressions (Psalm Ps Psa.) |