Psalm 51:4 - New Revised Standard Version Catholic Interconfessional

⁴ Against you, you alone, have I sinned, and done what is evil in your sight, so that you are justified in your sentence and blameless when you pass judgment.

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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.

Catholic Public Domain Version

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

Psalm 51:4 Cross References

Genesis 20:6

Then God said to him in the dream, “Yes, I know that you did this in the integrity of your heart; furthermore it was I who kept you from sinning against me. Therefore I did not let you touch her.

Genesis 38:7

But Er, Judah's firstborn, was wicked in the sight of the Lord, and the Lord put him to death.

Genesis 39:9

He is not greater in this house than I am, nor has he kept back anything from me except yourself, because you are his wife. How then could I do this great wickedness, and sin against God?”

Genesis 9:6

Whoever sheds the blood of a human, by a human shall that person's blood be shed; for in his own image God made humankind.

2 Kings 17:17

They made their sons and their daughters pass through fire; they used divination and augury; and they sold themselves to do evil in the sight of the Lord, provoking him to anger.

2 Kings 21:6

He made his son pass through fire; he practiced soothsaying and augury, and dealt with mediums and with wizards. He did much evil in the sight of the Lord, provoking him to anger.

Psalm 50:4

He calls to the heavens above and to the earth, that he may judge his people:

Psalm 50:6

The heavens declare his righteousness, for God himself is judge. Selah

Isaiah 43:25

I, I am He who blots out your transgressions for my own sake, and I will not remember your sins.

Leviticus 5:19

It is a guilt offering; you have incurred guilt before the Lord.

Luke 15:21

Then the son said to him, ‘Father, I have sinned against heaven and before you; I am no longer worthy to be called your son.’

Luke 7:29

(And all the people who heard this, including the tax collectors, acknowledged the justice of God, because they had been baptized with John's baptism.

Acts 17:31

because he has fixed a day on which he will have the world judged in righteousness by a man whom he has appointed, and of this he has given assurance to all by raising him from the dead.”

Romans 2:5

But by your hard and impenitent heart you are storing up wrath for yourself on the day of wrath, when God's righteous judgment will be revealed.

Romans 3:4

By no means! Although everyone is a liar, let God be proved true, as it is written, “So that you may be justified in your words, and prevail in your judging.”

James 2:11

For the one who said, “You shall not commit adultery,” also said, “You shall not murder.” Now if you do not commit adultery but if you murder, you have become a transgressor of the law.

James 2:9

But if you show partiality, you commit sin and are convicted by the law as transgressors.

Revelation 16:5

And I heard the angel of the waters say, “You are just, O Holy One, who are and were, for you have judged these things;

Revelation 19:11

Then I saw heaven opened, and there was a white horse! Its rider is called Faithful and True, and in righteousness he judges and makes war.