Salmos 38:18

18 Por tanto denunciaré mi maldad; me acongojaré por mi pecado.

Salmos 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.

Salmos 38:18 In-Context

16 Porque dije: Que no se alegren de mí; ni cuando mi pie resbalare, se engrandezcan sobre mí.

17 Porque yo estoy a punto de claudicar, y mi dolor está delante de mí continuamente.

18 Por tanto denunciaré mi maldad; me acongojaré por mi pecado.

19 Porque mis enemigos son vivos y fuertes; y se han aumentado los que me aborrecen sin causa;

20 y pagando mal por bien me son contrarios, por seguir yo lo bueno.