Psalms 38:18
For I confess my iniquity, And am troubled on account of my sin.
Noyes Bible
In The King James Version
For I will declare mine iniquity; I will be sorry for my sin.
In Context
17For I am ready to fall, And my pain doth never leave me;
19But my enemies flourish and are strong; They who hate me without cause are multiplied.
Cross References
Job 33:27He shall sing among men, and say, “I sinned; I acted perversely; Yet hath he not requited me for it:
Psalms 51:3For I acknowledge my transgressions, And my sin is ever before me.
2 Corinthians 7:7and not by his coming only, but by the comfort with which he was comforted in regard to you, when he told us of your earnest desire, your mourning, your zeal in my behalf; so that I rejoiced the more.
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 →