Psalm 51:3

3 Porque yo reconozco mis rebeliones; y mi pecado está siempre delante de mí.

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 Al Vencedor: Salmo de David, cuando después que entró a Betsabé, vino a él Natán el profeta. Ten misericordia de mí, oh Dios, conforme a tu misericordia; conforme a la multitud de tus piedades rae mis rebeliones.

2 Lávame más y más de mi maldad, y límpiame de mi pecado.

3 Porque yo reconozco mis rebeliones; y mi pecado está siempre delante de mí.

4 Contra ti, contra ti solo he pecado, y he hecho lo malo delante de tus ojos; para que seas reconocido justo en tu palabra, y tenido por puro en tu juicio.

5 He aquí, en maldad he sido formado, y en pecado me concibió mi madre.