Psalms 38:18
(38-19) For I do declare mine iniquity; I am full of care because of my sin.
JPS TaNaKH 1917
In The King James Version
For I will declare mine iniquity; I will be sorry for my sin.
In Context
17(38-18) For I am ready to halt, and my pain is continually before me.
19(38-20) But mine enemies are strong in health; and they that hate me wrongfully are multiplied.
Cross References
Job 33:27He cometh before men, and saith: 'I have sinned, and perverted that which was right, and it profited me not.'
Psalms 51:3(51-5) For I know my transgressions; and my sin is ever before me.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 38:13-22
Sorrowful Complaints. 12 They also that seek after my life lay snares for me: and they that seek my hurt speak mischievous things, and imagine deceits all the day long. 13 But I, as a deaf man, heard not; and I was as a dumb man that openeth not his mouth. 14 Thus I was as a man that heareth not, and in whose mouth are no reproofs. 15 For in thee, O Lord , do I hope: thou wilt hear, O Lord my God. 16 For I said, Hear me, lest otherwise they should rejoice over me: when my foot slippeth, they magnify themselves… Read the whole commentary →