Psalms 38:18
For I will declare mine iniquity; I will be sorry for my sin.
Psalms 38:18 in other translations
| BSB | Yes, I confess my iniquity; I am troubled by my sin. |
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| WEB | For I will declare my iniquity. I will be sorry for my sin. |
| ASV | For I will declare mine iniquity; I will be sorry for my sin. |
| YLT | For mine iniquity I declare, I am sorry for my sin. |
| DARBY | For I will declare mine iniquity, I am grieved for my sin. |
| BBE | I will make clear my wrongdoing, with sorrow in my heart for my sin. |
| Webster | For I will declare my iniquity; I will be sorry for my sin. |
What does Psalms 38:18 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain
Adam Clarke's Commentary
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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Psalms 38:12-22
Wicked men hate goodness, even when they benefit by it. David, in the complaints he makes of his enemies, seems to refer to Christ. But our enemies do us real mischief only when they drive us from God and our duty. The true believer's trouble will be made useful; he will learn to wait for his God, and will not seek relief from the world or himself. The less we notice the unkindness and injuries that are done us, the…
Psalms 38:18 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Psalms 38:18
- Psalms 32:5
I acknowledged my sin unto thee, and mine iniquity have I not hid. I said, I will confess my transgressions unto the Lord; and thou forgavest the iniquity of my sin. Selah.
- Proverbs 28:13
He that covereth his sins shall not prosper: but whoso confesseth and forsaketh them shall have mercy.
- Job 33:27
He looketh upon men, and if any say, I have sinned, and perverted that which was right, and it profited me not;
- Psalms 51:3
For I acknowledge my transgressions: and my sin is ever before me.
- 2 Corinthians 7:7-11
And 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. For though I made you sorry with a letter, I do not repent, though I did repent: for I perceive that the same epistle hath made you sorry, though it were but for a season. Now I rejoice, not that ye were made sorry, but that ye sorrowed to repentance: for ye were made sorry after a godly manner, that ye might receive damage by us in nothing. For godly sorrow worketh repentance to salvation not to be repented of: but the sorrow of the world worketh death. …
- Job 31:33
If I covered my transgressions as Adam, by hiding mine iniquity in my bosom:
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Context
- Psalms 38:17
For I am ready to halt, and my sorrow is continually before me.
- Psalms 38:18
For I will declare mine iniquity; I will be sorry for my sin.
- Psalms 38:19
But mine enemies are lively, and they are strong: and they that hate me wrongfully are multiplied.
Psalms 38:18 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Por tanto denunciaré mi maldad; congojaréme por mi pecado. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Car je suis prêt à boiter, et ma douleur est toujours devant moi; |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Denn ich tue kund meine Ungerechtigkeit; ich bin bekümmert wegen meiner Sünde. |