Psalm 51:3

3 Wees mij genadig, o God! naar Uw goedertierenheid; delg mijn overtreding uit, naar de grootheid Uwer barmhartigheden.

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 Een psalm van David, voor den opperzangmeester.

2 Toen de profeet Nathan tot hem was gekomen, nadat hij tot Bathseba was ingegaan.

3 Wees mij genadig, o God! naar Uw goedertierenheid; delg mijn overtreding uit, naar de grootheid Uwer barmhartigheden.

4 Was mij wel van mijn ongerechtigheid, en reinig mij van mijn zonde.

5 Want ik ken mijn overtredingen, en mijn zonde is steeds voor mij.