Psalms 51:4
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Psalms 51:4
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For I acknowledge my transgressions: and my sin is ever before me.
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Against thee, thee only, have I sinned, and done this evil in thy sight: that thou mightest be justified when thou speakest, and be clear when thou judgest.
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Behold, I was shapen in iniquity; and in sin did my mother conceive me.
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Verse Text
Against thee, thee only, have I sinnedH2398, and doneH6213 this evilH7451 in thy sightH5869: that thou mightest be justifiedH6663 when thou speakestH1696, and be clearH2135 when thou judgestH8199.
לְךָ לְבַדְּךָ ׀ חָטָאתִי וְהָרַע בְּעֵינֶיךָ עָשִׂיתִי לְמַעַן תִּצְדַּק בְּדָבְרֶךָ תִּזְכֶּה בְשָׁפְטֶךָ׃
| Hebrew | Transliteration | Strong's | Morphology | Gloss |
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לְ/ךָ֤ |
le./Kha | HR/Sp2ms | to/ you | |
לְ/בַדְּ/ךָ֨ |
le./va.de./Kha | H905 | HR/Ncmsc/Sp2ms | to/ alone/ you |
חָטָאתִי֮ |
cha.ta.Ti | H2398 | HVqp1cs | I have sinned |
וְ/הָ/רַ֥ע |
ve./ha./Ra' | H7451 | HC/Td/Aamsa | and/ the/ evil |
בְּ/עֵינֶ֗י/ךָ |
be./'ei.Nei./kha | H5869 | HR/Ncbdc/Sp2ms | in/ view/ your |
עָ֫שִׂ֥יתִי |
'a.Si.ti | H6213 | HVqp1cs | I have done |
לְ֭מַעַן |
Le.ma.'an | H4616 | HR | so that |
תִּצְדַּ֥ק |
titz.Dak | H6663 | HVqi2ms | you may be just |
בְּ/דָבְרֶ֗/ךָ |
be./da.ve.Re./kha | H1696 | HR/Vqc/Sp2ms | when/ speaking/ you |
תִּזְכֶּ֥ה |
tiz.Keh | H2135 | HVqi2ms | you will be pure |
בְ/שָׁפְטֶֽ/ךָ |
ve./sha.fe.Te./kha | H8199 | HR/Vqc/Sp2ms | when/ judging/ you |
- H1696 — דָבַר (dâbar, daw-bar'): a primitive root; perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue; answer, appoint, bid, command, commune, declare, destroy, give, name, promise, pronounce, rehearse, say, speak, be spokesman, subdue, talk, teach, tell, think, use (entreaties), utter, [idiom] well, [idiom] work.
- H2135 — זָכָה (zâkâh, zaw-kaw'): a primitive root (compare זָכַךְ (zâkak) H2141); to be translucent; figuratively, to be innocent; be (make) clean, cleanse, be clear, count pure.
- H2398 — חָטָא (châṭâʼ, khaw-taw'): a primitive root; properly, to miss; hence (figuratively and generally) to sin; by inference, to forfeit, lack, expiate, repent, (causatively) lead astray, condemn; bear the blame, cleanse, commit (sin), by fault, harm he hath done, loss, miss, (make) offend(-er), offer for sin, purge, purify (self), make reconciliation, (cause, make) sin(-ful, -ness), trespass.
- H5869 — עַיִן (ʻayin, ah'-yin): probably a primitive word; an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape); affliction, outward appearance, [phrase] before, [phrase] think best, colour, conceit, [phrase] be content, countenance, [phrase] displease, eye((-brow), (-d), -sight), face, [phrase] favour, fountain, furrow (from the margin), [idiom] him, [phrase] humble, knowledge, look, ([phrase] well), [idiom] me, open(-ly), [phrase] (not) please, presence, [phrase] regard, resemblance, sight, [idiom] thee, [idiom] them, [phrase] think, [idiom] us, well, [idiom] you(-rselves).
- H6213 — עָשָׂה (ʻâsâh, aw-saw'): a primitive root; to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application; accomplish, advance, appoint, apt, be at, become, bear, bestow, bring forth, bruise, be busy, [idiom] certainly, have the charge of, commit, deal (with), deck, [phrase] displease, do, (ready) dress(-ed), (put in) execute(-ion), exercise, fashion, [phrase] feast, (fight-) ing man, [phrase] finish, fit, fly, follow, fulfill, furnish, gather, get, go about, govern, grant, great, [phrase] hinder, hold (a feast), [idiom] indeed, [phrase] be industrious, [phrase] journey, keep, labour, maintain, make, be meet, observe, be occupied, offer, [phrase] officer, pare, bring (come) to pass, perform, pracise, prepare, procure, provide, put, requite, [idiom] sacrifice, serve, set, shew, [idiom] sin, spend, [idiom] surely, take, [idiom] thoroughly, trim, [idiom] very, [phrase] vex, be (warr-) ior, work(-man), yield, use.
- H6663 — צָדַק (tsâdaq, tsaw-dak'): a primitive root; to be (causatively, make) right (in a moral or forensic sense); cleanse, clear self, (be, do) just(-ice, -ify, -ify self), (be turn to) righteous(-ness).
- H7451 — רַע (raʻ, rah): from רָעַע (râʻaʻ) H7489; bad or (as noun) evil (natural or moral); adversity, affliction, bad, calamity, [phrase] displease(-ure), distress, evil((-favouredness), man, thing), [phrase] exceedingly, [idiom] great, grief(-vous), harm, heavy, hurt(-ful), ill (favoured), [phrase] mark, mischief(-vous), misery, naught(-ty), noisome, [phrase] not please, sad(-ly), sore, sorrow, trouble, vex, wicked(-ly, -ness, one), worse(-st), wretchedness, wrong. (Incl. feminine raaah; as adjective or noun.).
- H8199 — שָׁפַט (shâphaṭ, shaw-fat'): a primitive root; to judge, i.e. pronounce sentence (for or against); by implication, to vindicate or punish; by extenssion, to govern; passively, to litigate (literally or figuratively); [phrase] avenge, [idiom] that condemn, contend, defend, execute (judgment), (be a) judge(-ment), [idiom] needs, plead, reason, rule.
The following Strong's numbers are referenced in the Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex) text but were not explicitly tagged in the KJV source:
- H905 — בַּד (bad, bad): from בָּדַד (bâdad) H909; properly, separation; by implication, a part of the body, branch of atree, bar forcarrying; figuratively, chief of a city; especially (with prepositional prefix) as an adverb, apart, only, besides; alone, apart, bar, besides, branch, by self, of each alike, except, only, part, staff, strength.
- H4616 — מַעַן (maʻan, mah'-an): from עָנָה (ʻânâh) H6030; properly, heed, i.e. purpose; used only adverbially, on account of (as a motive or an aim), teleologically, in order that; because of, to the end (intent) that, for (to,... 's sake), [phrase] lest, that, to.
Verse Cross-References
- Against — Genesis 9:6, Genesis 20:6, Genesis 39:9, Leviticus 5:19, Leviticus 6:2-7, 2 Samuel 12:9-10, 2 Samuel 12:13-14, James 2:9, James 2:11
- evil — Genesis 38:7, 2 Kings 17:17, 2 Kings 21:6, Luke 15:21
- that thou — Psalms 50:4, Psalms 50:6, Luke 7:29, Romans 3:4
- when — Acts 17:31, Romans 2:5, Revelation 15:3-4, Revelation 16:5, Revelation 19:11
Reciprocal references (22): Genesis 15:14, Leviticus 26:41, 1 Samuel 2:17, 1 Samuel 2:25, 2 Samuel 11:15, 2 Samuel 11:27, 1 Kings 18:2, 1 Chronicles 21:17, Job 40:4, Job 40:8, Job 42:7, Psalms 32:5, Psalms 78:1, Ecclesiastes 3:18, Isaiah 5:3, Jeremiah 12:1, Jeremiah 14:20, Jeremiah 50:14, Lamentations 1:20, Daniel 9:7, Micah 6:3, Matthew 15:27
Related Topics
- Thompson Chain: DAVID; DEFILEMENT-CLEANSING
- Torrey’s: JUSTICE OF GOD, THE
- Nave’s: CONSCIENCE; CONVICTION; DESIRE; GOD; HOMICIDE; PRAYER; QUOTATIONS AND ALLUSIONS; REMORSE; REPENTANCE; SIN
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