Psalms 38:18

18 Yes, I confess my iniquity; I am troubled by 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, “Let them not gloat over me— those who taunt me when my foot slips.”

17 For I am ready to fall, and my pain is ever with me.

18 Yes, I confess my iniquity; I am troubled by my sin.

19 Many are my enemies without cause, and many hate me without reason.

20 Those who repay my good with evil attack me for pursuing the good.