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Psalm 51:3

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3 Denn ich kenne meine Übertretungen, und meine Sünde ist beständig vor mir.

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.

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Psalm 51:3 In-Context

1 Dem Vorsänger. Ein Psalm von David, als der Prophet Nathan zu ihm kam, nachdem er zu Bathseba eingegangen war. Sei mir gnädig, o Gott, nach deiner Güte: nach der Größe deiner Erbarmungen tilge meine Übertretungen!
2 Wasche mich völlig von meiner Ungerechtigkeit, und reinige mich von meiner Sünde!
3 Denn ich kenne meine Übertretungen, und meine Sünde ist beständig vor mir.
4 Gegen dich, gegen dich allein habe ich gesündigt, und ich habe getan, was böse ist in deinen Augen; damit du gerechtfertigt werdest, wenn du redest, rein erfunden, wenn du richtest.
5 Siehe, in Ungerechtigkeit bin ich geboren, und in Sünde hat mich empfangen meine Mutter.
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