Psalms 38:18

18 For my iniquity I confess; I am anxious 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, "[Help,] lest they rejoice over me, [lest] they boast against me when my foot slips."

17 For I [am] ready to stumble, and my pain [is] before me continually.

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

19 And my enemies without cause are numerous, and those who hate me wrongfully are many.

20 And those who repay evil in return for good accuse me in return for my pursuing good.