King James Version (KJV)
Psalms 51:5
“Behold, I was shapen in iniquity; and in sin did my mother conceive me.”
Verse in context — Psalms 51
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.
6
Behold, thou desirest truth in the inward parts: and in the hidden [part] thou shalt make me to know wisdom.
7
Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean: wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.
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