Psalm 51:4
Against you, you only have I sinned and done what is evil in your sight, so that you may be justified in your words and blameless in your judgement.
You only? David's sin involved others and had consequences for others. This is not a denial of that but a recognition that all sin (including his adultery and murder) starts with sin against God, it starts with rebellion and idolatry.
"so that" does not mean here that David sinned in order to make God just. It is that David sinned therefore God's judgement is just. Everything that God says to David through Nathan about this incident is completely justified.
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