Psalms 38:18

18 For I ¹confess my iniquity; I am full of ²anxiety because of my sin.

Psalms 38:18 Meaning and Commentary

Psalms 38:18

For I will declare mine iniquity
Either to men, to ease his mind, justify God in his proceedings with him, and for their caution and admonition: or rather to God, against whom he had sinned, and who only could pardon him; with a view to which he was determined to make a free and open confession of it before him:

I will be sorry for my sin,
or "careful" ^F16 about it; that is, how he committed it for the future: true repentance for sin produces a carefulness to abstain from all appearance of it; see ( 2 Corinthians 7:10 2 Corinthians 7:11 ) .

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FOOTNOTES:

F16 (gada) "solicitus ero", Montanus; so Junius & Tremellius, Piscator, Gejerus, Michaelis, Ainsworth.

Psalms 38:18 In-Context

16 For I said, "May they not rejoice over me, Who, when my foot slips, would magnify themselves against me."

17 For I am ready to fall, And my sorrow is continually before me.

18 For I confess my iniquity; I am full of anxiety because of my sin.

19 But my enemies are vigorous and strong, And many are those who hate me wrongfully.

20 And those who repay evil for good, They oppose me, because I follow what is good.

Cross References

• 1. Psalms 32:5
• 2. 2 Corinthians 7:9, 10

Footnotes

• [a]. Or "declare"