• Using your Bible: Psalms 51:5
    • Read the text
    • Read the context
      • Psalm 51
        • Confession of sin before God.
        • This is poetry, with many figures of speech throughout.
    • Compare translations
      • CSB, NIV, and NET attach sin to the speaker specifically. Other translations do not.
    • Hebrew
      • Iniquity - עָוֹן (ʿ__āw__ōn) 5771
      • Sin - חֵטְא (ḥēṭe(__ʾ)) 2399
    • Figures of speech
      • “in sin my mother conceived me” could be hyperbole
        • I Timothy 1:15 – Paul uses hyperbole to speak of his sin against God.
        • Psalms 6:6-7 – Hyperbole in repentance
        • Psalms 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 139:15-16
    • Harmony
      • Ezekiel 18:2-4, 20 – A man is guilty only of his own sin.
      • Deuteronomy 1:39
      • Matthew 18:3; 19:13-15 – Why would Jesus say these things if children are sinful?