Psalm 38:18

18 For I will declare my iniquity; I will be sorry for 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, [Hear me], lest [otherwise] they should rejoice over me: when my foot slippeth, they magnify [themselves] against me.

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

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

19 But my enemies [are] lively, [and] they are strong: and they that hate me wrongfully are multiplied.

20 They also that render evil for good are my adversaries; because I follow [the thing that is] good.