Psalm 38:18

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

Psalm 38:18 in Other Translations

18 For I will declare mine iniquity; I will be sorry for my sin.

18 I confess my iniquity; I am sorry for my sin.

18 But I confess my sins; I am deeply sorry for what I have done.

18 I'm ready to tell my story of failure, I'm no longer smug in my sin.

18 For I will declare mine iniquity; I will be sorry for my sin.

18 I confess my guilt. My sin troubles me.

18 So I confess my guilt; I am anxious because of my sin.

18 I admit that I have done wrong. I am troubled by my sin.

Psalm 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.

Psalm 38:18 In-Context

16 For I said, “Do not let them gloat or exalt themselves over me when my feet slip.”

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

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

19 Many have become my enemies without cause ; those who hate me without reason are numerous.

20 Those who repay my good with evil lodge accusations against me, though I seek only to do what is good.

Cross References

• 1. S Leviticus 26:40; Psalms 32:5