A moment in scripture
Psalms 51:4
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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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The surrounding passage
- Psalms 51:2
Wash me throughly from mine iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin.
- Psalms 51:3
For I acknowledge my transgressions: and my sin is ever before me.
- Psalms 51:5
Behold, I was shapen in iniquity; and in sin did my mother conceive me.
- Psalms 51:6
Behold, thou desirest truth in the inward parts: and in the hidden part thou shalt make me to know wisdom.
Scripture: King James Version (KJV), English, 66-book canon. The quotation retains the wording and numbering of our source corpus.