Psalms 38:18
I confess the wrong things that I have done; I am very sorry for the sins that I have committed.
Translation for Translators
In The King James Version
For I will declare mine iniquity; I will be sorry for my sin.
In Context
17I say that because I am about to fall down, and I constantly have pain.
19My enemies are healthy and strong; there are many people who hate me for no reason.
Cross References
Job 33:27He will sing as he tells everyone, ‘I sinned, and I did things that were not right, but God did not punish me in the way that I deserved.
Psalms 51:3I say that because I know the ways that I have disobeyed you; I cannot forget them.
2 Corinthians 7:7I was encouraged by seeing Titus, but when I heard how you had encouraged him, that encouraged me even more. He told me how much you wanted to see me. He told me that you were very sorry that you had made me so unhappy. He also told me that you are very eager for me to continue to serve as your apostle. When Titus told me those things, I was very, very happy.
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 →