Psaume 51:3

3 Car je reconnais mes transgressions, Et mon péché est constamment devant moi.

Psaume 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.

Psaume 51:3 In-Context

1 Au chef des chantres. Psaume de David. Lorsque Nathan, le prophète, vint à lui, après que David fut allé vers Bath-Schéba. O Dieu! aie pitié de moi dans ta bonté; Selon ta grande miséricorde, efface mes transgressions;

2 Lave-moi complètement de mon iniquité, Et purifie-moi de mon péché.

3 Car je reconnais mes transgressions, Et mon péché est constamment devant moi.

4 J'ai péché contre toi seul, Et j'ai fait ce qui est mal à tes yeux, En sorte que tu seras juste dans ta sentence, Sans reproche dans ton jugement.

5 Voici, je suis né dans l'iniquité, Et ma mère m'a conçu dans le péché.