(A)I was mute, I did not open my mouth,
Because it was (B)You who did it.

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I was silent;(A) I would not open my mouth,(B)
    for you are the one who has done this.(C)

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For I acknowledge my transgressions,
And my sin is always before me.

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For I know my transgressions,
    and my sin is always before me.(A)

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(A)Against You, You only, have I sinned,
And done this evil (B)in Your sight—
(C)That You may be found just [a]when You speak,
And blameless when You judge.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 51:4 LXX, Tg., Vg. in Your words

Against you, you only, have I sinned(A)
    and done what is evil in your sight;(B)
so you are right in your verdict
    and justified when you judge.(C)

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O Lord, (A)righteousness belongs to You, but to us shame of face, as it is this day—to the men of Judah, to the inhabitants of Jerusalem and all Israel, those near and those far off in all the countries to which You have driven them, because of the unfaithfulness which they have committed against You.

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“Lord, you are righteous,(A) but this day we are covered with shame(B)—the people of Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem and all Israel, both near and far, in all the countries where you have scattered(C) us because of our unfaithfulness(D) to you.(E)

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