Salmos 51:3

3 Porque yo reconozco mis transgresiones, y mi pecado está siempre delante de mí.

Salmos 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.

Salmos 51:3 In-Context

1 Ten piedad de mí, oh Dios, conforme a tu misericordia; conforme a lo inmenso de tu compasión, borra mis transgresiones.

2 Lávame por completo de mi maldad, y límpiame de mi pecado.

3 Porque yo reconozco mis transgresiones, y mi pecado está siempre delante de mí.

4 Contra ti, contra ti sólo he pecado, y he hecho lo malo delante de tus ojos, de manera que eres justo cuando hablas, y sin reproche cuando juzgas.

5 He aquí, yo nací en iniquidad, y en pecado me concibió mi madre.