Against thee, thee only, have I sinned Which is not to be understood absolutely, because he had sinned against Bath-sheba and Uriah, and many others; but comparatively. So the sense is, Though I have sinned against my own conscience, and against others, yet nothing is more grievous to me than that I have sinned against thee. And done this evil in thy sight With gross contempt of thee, whom I knew to be a spectator of my most secret actions. That thou mightest be justified This will be the fruit of my sin, that whatsoever severities thou shalt use toward me, it will be no blemish to thy righteousness, but thy justice will be glorified by all men. When thou speakest Hebrew, in thy words, in all thy threatenings denounced against me. And be clear when thou judgest When thou dost execute thy sentence upon me.
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Psalms 51:4
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.