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Psalm 51:5
The 2026 edition cites 2 passages containing Psalm 51:5, each printed here in the KJV with every place in the Constitution that cites it.
Psalm 51:4-5
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.
5 Behold, I was shapen in iniquity; and in sin did my mother conceive me.
Cited by 1 place in the Constitution
Westminster Confession of Faith 1
- CF 15.6
As every man is bound to make private confession of his sins to God, praying for the pardon thereof; upon which, and the forsaking of them, he shall find…
Psalm 51:5
5 Behold, I was shapen in iniquity; and in sin did my mother conceive me.
Cited by 2 places in the Constitution
Westminster Confession of Faith 1
- CF 6.3
They being the root of all mankind, the guilt of this sin was imputed, and the same death in sin and corrupted nature conveyed, to all their posterity…
Larger Catechism 1
- LC 26
Original sin is conveyed from our first parents unto their posterity by natural generation, so as all that proceed from them in that way are conceived and born…