Psalms 69 · Verse 5

Psalms 69:5

O God, thou knowest my foolishness; and my sins are not hid from thee.
Psalms 69:5, King James Version

Psalms 69:5 in other translations

BSBYou know my folly, O God, and my guilt is not hidden from You.
WEBGod, you know my foolishness. My sins aren’t hidden from you.
ASVO God, thou knowest my foolishness; And my sins are not hid from thee.
YLTO God, Thou--Thou hast known Concerning my overturn, And my desolations from Thee have not been hid.
DARBYThou, OGod, knowest my foolishness, and my trespasses are not hidden from thee.
BBEO God, you see how foolish I am; and my wrongdoing is clear to you.
WebsterO God, thou knowest my foolishness; and my sins are not hid from thee.

What does Psalms 69:5 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
5. This may be regarded as an appeal, vindicating his innocence, as if he had said, "If sinful, thou knowest," &c. Though David's condition as a sufferer may typify Christ's, without requiring that a parallel be found in character.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 5 Thou knowest my foolishness - Though we have been brought into captivity in consequence of the crimes of our fathers, yet we have guilt enough of our own to merit a continuation of our miseries. How can such words as are in this verse be attributed to our blessed Lord, however they may be twisted or turned?

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Psalms 69:1-12

We should frequently consider the person of the Sufferer here spoken of, and ask why, as well as what he suffered, that, meditating thereon, we may be more humbled for sin, and more convinced of our danger, so that we may feel more gratitude and love, constraining us to live to His glory who died for our salvation. Hence we learn, when in affliction, to commit the keeping of our souls to God, that we may not be…

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Psalms 69:5 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

אֱֽלֹהִ֗ים'elo.HimO GodH430
אַתָּ֣ה'a.TahyouH859
יָ֭דַעְתָּYa.da'.tayou knowH3045
לְאִוַּלְתִּ֑יle.'i.val.Ti<to> folly myH200
וְ֝אַשְׁמוֹתַ֗יve.'ash.mo.Taiand guilt<s> myH819
מִמְּךָ֥mi.me.Khafrom youH4480
לֹא\־lo'-notH3808
נִכְחָֽדוּ\׃nikh.Cha.duthey are hiddenH3582

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Psalms 69:5

  • Psalms 38:9

    Lord, all my desire is before thee; and my groaning is not hid from thee.

  • Jeremiah 16:17

    For mine eyes are upon all their ways: they are not hid from my face, neither is their iniquity hid from mine eyes.

  • Psalms 19:12

    Who can understand his errors? cleanse thou me from secret faults.

  • Psalms 17:3

    Thou hast proved mine heart; thou hast visited me in the night; thou hast tried me, and shalt find nothing; I am purposed that my mouth shall not transgress.

  • Psalms 44:20-21

    If we have forgotten the name of our God, or stretched out our hands to a strange god; Shall not God search this out? for he knoweth the secrets of the heart.

  • Psalms 38:5

    My wounds stink and are corrupt because of my foolishness.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
and my sins. Heb. and my guiltiness.
17:3; 19:12; 44:20,21
hid.
38:9; Jer 16:17

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • Psalms 69:4

    They that hate me without a cause are more than the hairs of mine head: they that would destroy me, being mine enemies wrongfully, are mighty: then I restored that which I took not away.

  • Psalms 69:5

    O God, thou knowest my foolishness; and my sins are not hid from thee.

  • Psalms 69:6

    Let not them that wait on thee, O Lord God of hosts, be ashamed for my sake: let not those that seek thee be confounded for my sake, O God of Israel.

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Psalms 69:5 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Dios, tú sabes mi locura; y mis delitos no te son ocultos.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Ceux qui me haïssent sans cause sont plus nombreux que les cheveux de ma tête; ceux qui voudraient me perdre, qui sont à tort mes ennemis, sont puissants; ce que je n’avais pas ravi, je l’ai alors rendu.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Du, o Gott, weißt um meine Torheit, und meine Vergehungen sind dir nicht verborgen.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Exsultent et lætentur in te omnes qui quærunt te; et dicant semper: Magnificetur Dominus, qui diligunt salutare tuum.