King James Version (KJV)
Psalms 51:3
“For I acknowledge my transgressions: and my sin [is] ever before me.”
Verse in context — Psalms 51
1
To the chief Musician, [A Psalm] of David, when Nathan the prophet came unto him, after he had gone in to Bathsheba. Have mercy upon me, O God, according to thy lovingkindness: according unto the multitude of thy tender mercies blot out my transgressions.
2
Wash me throughly from mine iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin.
3
For I acknowledge my transgressions: and my sin [is] ever before me.
4
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.
5
Behold, I was shapen in iniquity; and in sin did my mother conceive me.
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