Psalm 51:4 - Catholic Public Domain Version

⁴ All day long your tongue thinks up injustice. Like a sharp razor, you have wrought deceit.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁴ Against You, You only, have I sinned and done that which is evil in Your sight, so that You are justified in Your sentence and faultless in Your judgment. [Rom. 3:4.]

American Standard Version (1901)

⁴ Against thee, thee only, have I sinned, And done that which is evil in thy sight; That thou mayest be justified when thou speakest, And be clear when thou judgest.

Common English Bible

⁴ I’ve sinned against you—you alone. I’ve committed evil in your sight. That’s why you are justified when you render your verdict, completely correct when you issue your judgment.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁴ All the day long thy tongue hath devised injustice: as a sharp razor, thou hast wrought deceit.

English Standard Version 2016

⁴ Against you, you only, have I sinned and done what is evil in your sight, so that you may be justified in your words and blameless in your judgment.

Psalm 51:4 Cross References

Genesis 20:6

And God said to him: "And I know that you have acted with a sincere heart. And therefore I kept you from sinning against me, and I did not release you to touch her.

Genesis 38:7

And it also happened that Er, the first born of Judah, was wicked in the sight of the Lord and was killed by him.

Genesis 39:9

Neither is there anything which is not in my power, or that he has not delivered to me, except you, for you are his wife. How then can I do this evil act and sin against my God?"

Genesis 9:6

Whoever will shed human blood, his blood will be poured out. For man was indeed made to the image of God.

2 Kings 17:17

And they consecrated their sons and their daughters through fire. And they devoted themselves to divinations and soothsaying. And they delivered themselves into the doing of evil before the Lord, so that they provoked him.

2 Kings 21:6

And he led his son through fire. And he used divinations, and observed omens, and appointed soothsayers, and multiplied diviners, so that he did evil before the Lord, and provoked him.

Psalm 50:4

Wash me once again from my iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin.

Psalm 50:6

Against you only have I sinned, and I have done evil before your eyes. And so, you are justified in your words, and you will prevail when you give judgment.

Isaiah 43:25

I am. I am the very One who wipes away your iniquities for my own sake. And I will not remember your sins.

Leviticus 5:19

because by mistake he transgressed against the Lord.

Luke 15:21

And the son said to him: 'Father, I have sinned against heaven and before you. Now I am not worthy to be called your son.'

Luke 7:29

And upon hearing this, all the people and the tax collectors justified God, by being baptized with the baptism of John.

Acts 17:31

For he has appointed a day on which he will judge the world in equity, through the man whom he has appointed, offering faith to all, by raising him from the dead."

Romans 2:5

But in accord with your hard and impenitent heart, you store up wrath for yourself, unto the day of wrath and of revelation by the just judgment of God.

Romans 3:4

For God is truthful, but every man is deceitful; just as it was written: "Therefore, you are justified in your words, and you will prevail when you give judgment."

James 2:11

For he who said, "You shall not commit adultery," also said, "You shall not kill." So if you do not commit adultery, but you kill, you have become a transgressor of the law.

James 2:9

But if you show favoritism to persons, then you commit a sin, having been convicted again by the law as transgressors.

Revelation 16:5

And I heard the Angel of the waters saying: "You are just, O Lord, who is and who was: the Holy One who has judged these things.

Revelation 19:11

And I saw heaven opened, and behold, a white horse. And he who was sitting upon it was called Faithful and True. And with justice does he judge and fight.