Psalm 51:3

3 Pois eu conheço as minhas transgressões, e o meu pecado está sempre diante de mim.

Psalm 51:3 Meaning and Commentary

Psalms 51:3

For I acknowledge my transgressions
Before God and man. Acknowledgment of sin is what the Lord requires, and promises forgiveness upon, and therefore is used here as a plea for it; and moreover the psalmist had done so before, and had succeeded in this way, which must encourage him to take the same course again; see ( Psalms 32:5 ) ;

and my sin [is] ever before me;
staring him in the face; gnawing upon his conscience, and filling him with remorse and distress; so that his life was a burden to him: for though God had put away sin out of his own sight, so that he would not condemn him for it, and he should not die; notwithstanding as yet it was not caused to pass from David, or the guilt of it removed from his conscience.

Psalm 51:3 In-Context

1 Compadece-te de mim, ó Deus, segundo a tua benignidade; apaga as minhas tansgressões, segundo a multidão das tuas misericórdias.

2 Lava-me completamente da minha iniqüidade, e purifica-me do meu pecado.

3 Pois eu conheço as minhas transgressões, e o meu pecado está sempre diante de mim.

4 Contra ti, contra ti somente, pequei, e fiz o que é mau diante dos teus olhos; de sorte que és justificado em falares, e inculpável em julgares.

5 Eis que eu nasci em iniqüidade, e em pecado me concedeu minha mãe.