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Psalms 19:12
12Who perceives his unintentional sins? Cleanse me from my hidden faults.
Psalms 19:12 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Who can understand his errors? cleanse thou me from secret faults.
- New International Version (NIV)But who can discern their own errors? Forgive my hidden faults.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Who can discern his errors? Declare me innocent from hidden faults.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Who can understand his errors? Cleanse me from secret faults.
Context of Psalms 19:12
10They are more desirable than gold — than an abundance of pure gold; and sweeter than honey dripping from a honeycomb. 11In addition, your servant is warned by them, and in keeping them there is an abundant reward. Who perceives his unintentional sins? Cleanse me from my hidden faults. 13Moreover, keep your servant from willful sins; do not let them rule me. Then I will be blameless and cleansed from blatant rebellion. 14May the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable to you, Lord, my rock and my Redeemer.
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שְׁגִיא֥וֹת מִֽי־יָבִ֑ין מִֽנִּסְתָּר֥וֹת נַקֵּֽנִי׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Psalms 19:12
- Psalms 40:12For troubles without number have surrounded me; my iniquities have overtaken me; I am unable to see. They are more than the hairs of my head, and my courage leaves me.
- Job 6:24Teach me, and I will be silent. Help me understand what I did wrong.
- Isaiah 64:6All of us have become like something unclean, and all our righteous acts are like a polluted garment; all of us wither like a leaf, and our iniquities carry us away like the wind.
- 1 Corinthians 4:4For I am not conscious of anything against myself, but I am not justified by this. It is the Lord who judges me.
- Hebrews 9:7But the high priest alone enters the second room, and he does that only once a year, and never without blood, which he offers for himself and for the sins the people had committed in ignorance.
- Psalms 51:5Indeed, I was guilty when I was born; I was sinful when my mother conceived me.
- Psalms 65:3Iniquities overwhelm me; only you can atone for our rebellions.
- 1 John 1:7If we walk in the light as he himself is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus his Son cleanses us from all sin.
- Psalms 90:8You have set our iniquities before you, our secret sins in the light of your presence.
- Psalms 139:2You know when I sit down and when I stand up; you understand my thoughts from far away.
- Leviticus 4:2“Tell the Israelites: When someone sins unintentionally against any of the Lord’s commands and does anything prohibited by them —
- Jeremiah 17:9The heart is more deceitful than anything else, and incurable — who can understand it?
Commentaries on Psalms 19:12
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 12Who can understand his errors? - It is not possible, without much of the Divine light, to understand all our deviations from, not only the letter, but the spirituality, of the Divine law. Frequent self-examination, and walking in the light, are essentially necessary to the requisite degree of spiritual perfection. Cleanse thou me from secret faults - From those which I have committed, and have forgotten; from those for which I have not repented; from…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 12Who can understand his errors? - The word rendered errors is derived from a verb which means to wander, to go astray; then, to do wrong, to transgress. It refers here to wanderings, or departures from the law of God, and the question seems to have been asked in view of the purity, the strictness, and the extent of the law of God. In view of a law so pure, so holy, so strict in its demands, and so extended in its requirements - asserting jurisdiction over…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 11-14Verses 11-14 God's word warns the wicked not to go on in his wicked way, and warns the righteous not to turn from his good way. There is a reward, not only after keeping, but in keeping God's commandments. Religion makes our comforts sweet, and our crosses easy, life truly valuable, and death itself truly desirable. David not only desired to be pardoned and cleansed from the sins he had discovered and confessed, but from those he had forgotten or…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 12-14The psalmist knows his weaknesses, so he prays to remain faithful and commits himself to the Lord.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 12-1412-14. The clearer our view of the law, the more manifest are our sins. Still for its full effect we need divine grace to show us our faults, acquit us, restrain us from the practice, and free us from the power, of sin. Thus only can our conduct be blameless, and our words and thoughts acceptable to God.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Psalms 19
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- The Treasury of David
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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