Psalms 38:18
For I will declare mine iniquity; I will be sorry for my sin.
King James Version
In Context
17For I am ready to halt, and my sorrow is continually before me.
19But mine enemies are lively, and they are strong: and they that hate me wrongfully are multiplied.
Cross References
Job 33:27He looketh upon men, and if any say, I have sinned, and perverted that which was right, and it profited me not;
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 consolation wherewith he was comforted in you, when he told us your earnest desire, your mourning, your fervent mind toward me; 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 →