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Forכִּיmy transgressionsפְשָׁעַיIאֲנִיknow,אֵדָעand my sin isוְחַטָּאתִיbefore meנֶגְדִּיalways.תָמִיד
Psalms 51:3
Study it in the app“For my transgressions I know, and my sin is before me always.”
David, after his fall, asks God to wipe out his wrongdoingTurning back to GodDavid, confronted by Nathan, asks God to cleanse himForgivenessAfter his fall, David asks God to wash him and owns his guiltTemptation
With the Hebrew beneath
Psalms 51:3, word by word
- my transgressionsפְשָׁעַfeshaa
transgression
A serious wrong against someone: rebellion, transgression.
Where else “feshaa” appears- knowאֵדָעeda
know
To know something, realize.
Where else “eda” appears- and my sin isחַטָּאתִchatati
sin
Failing God, not doing what he asks.
Where else “chatati” appears- before meנֶגְדִּnegdi
in front of
In someone's presence, before his eyes.
Where else “negdi” appears- alwaysתָמִידtamid
continually
Continually, always; what is done regularly and without interruption. As a noun, the regular daily offering.
Where else “tamid” appears
The context
2Wash me thoroughly from my iniquity, and from my sin make me clean.
3 · This verse (above)
4Against you, against you alone, I have sinned, and what is evil in your eyes I have done, so that you may be righteous when you speak, pure when you judge.