Using your Bible: Psalms 51:5Read the textRead the contextPsalm 51Confession of sin before God.This is poetry, with many figures of speech throughout.Compare translationsCSB, NIV, and NET attach sin to the speaker specifically. Other translations do not.HebrewIniquity - עָוֹן (ʿ__āw__ōn) 5771Sin - חֵטְא (ḥēṭe(__ʾ)) 2399Figures of speech“in sin my mother conceived me” could be hyperboleI Timothy 1:15 – Paul uses hyperbole to speak of his sin against God.Psalms 6:6-7 – Hyperbole in repentancePsalms 32:3; 38:2-4; 143:2 – More examples of hyperbole when expressing guilt.Psalms 22:10; 71:6 – These verses contradict that explanation that David was born in sin.Psalms 58:3 – Another hyperbole – all men go astray.Psalms 139:15-16HarmonyEzekiel 18:2-4, 20 – A man is guilty only of his own sin.Deuteronomy 1:39Matthew 18:3; 19:13-15 – Why would Jesus say these things if children are sinful?
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