Psalms 51:4
I have sinned against you, against you alone, and done what you see as evil. So you are shown to be right in your sentence and pure in your judgment.
Treated in 8 passages across the library.
Where it is preached
- Communion with God ·
Of communion with Christ in purchased grace cites Ps. li. 4
…To him we owe “our debts,” Matt. vi. 12, xviii. 23–27; against him are our offences, Ps. li. 4; he is the judge and lawgiver, James iv. 12. To sin is to rebel against him. He shuts up…
- Talks to the Farmer ·
The Loaded Wagon cites Psalm 51:4
…must confess, “Against you, you only, have I sinned and done what is evil in your sight” (Psalm 51:4). We offend knowingly. We do not sin like the ignorant or the savage. We in England sin…
- The Big Story ·
A House Forever cites Psalm 51:4
…my transgressions” (Psalm 51:1). When he says, “Against You, You only, have I sinned” (Psalm 51:4), he isn’t pretending Bathsheba and Uriah weren’t wronged. He is admitting that every…
- Real Questions – Book 3 ·
What Is Sin, Really? cites Psalm 51:4
…after he had hurt other people terribly, prayed, “Against You, You only, have I sinned” (Psalm 51:4). He had wronged people, but deepest of all he had turned his back on God. The Bible even…
- Institutes of the Christian Religion ·
Book 3, Chapter 11 — Of Justification by Faith cites Ps. 51:4
…“That thou mightest be justified when thou speakest, and be clear when thou judges,” (Ps. 51:4). What arrogance to condemn the Supreme Judge when he acquits freely, and try to prevent…
- A Body of Divinity ·
The Justice of God cites Psa 51:4
…‘That thou mightest be justified when thou speakest, and be clear when thou judgest.’ Psa 51:4. (3.) God does not always let the wicked prosper in their sin. Some he punishes openly…
- Institutes of the Christian Religion ·
Book 3, Chapter 23 — Refutation of the Calumnies by Which This Doctrine Is Always Unjustly Assailed cites Ps. 51:4
…deter us, Thou shalt be “justified when thou speakest, and be clear when thou judges,” (Ps. 51:4). 3. God may thus quell his enemies by silence. But lest we should allow them with…
- Knots Untied ·
Confession cites Psalm li. 4
…David felt: “Against Thee, Thee only, have I sinned, and done this evil in Thy sight.” (Psalm li. 4.) This is what David practised: “I said I will confess my transgressions unto the Lord.”…