Psalms 38:18
(38:19) For I will tell of my iniquity; I will be grieved because of my sin.
Leeser Tanakh
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 prepared for [my] downfall, and my pain is continually before me.
19(38:20) But my enemies are strong in life; and numerous are those that hate me wrongfully;
Cross References
Job 33:27He then should assemble men around, and say, “I had sinned, and perverted what is right, yet have I not received a like return.”
Psalms 51:3(51:5) For of my transgressions I have full knowledge; and my sin is before me continually.
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 →