Psalm 51:2-5 Devotionals, Articles & Bible Study

²Wash me clean of my iniquity

and cleanse me from my sin.

³For I know my transgressions,

and my sin is always before me.

⁴Against You, You only, have I sinned

and done what is evil in Your sight,

so that You may be proved right when You speak

and blameless when You judge.

⁵Surely I was brought forth in iniquity;

I was sinful when my mother conceived me.

— Psalm 51:2-5

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