Psalms 19:12

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 precious than gold, yea, than much fine gold; and sweeter than honey and the dropping of the honeycomb. 11Moreover, by them is thy servant enlightened; in keeping them there is great reward. Who understandeth [his] errors? Purify me from secret [faults]. 13Keep back thy servant also from presumptuous [sins]; let them not have dominion over me: then shall I be perfect, and I shall be innocent from great transgression. 14Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable in thy sight, O Jehovah, my rock, and my redeemer.

Psalms 19:12 word by word

שְׁגִיא֥וֹת מִֽי־יָבִ֑ין מִֽנִּסְתָּר֥וֹת נַקֵּֽנִי׃Read the interlinear

Cross-references for Psalms 19:12

• Psalms 40:12For innumerable evils have compassed me about: mine iniquities have taken hold upon me, so that I cannot see; they are more than the hairs of my head: and my heart hath failed me.
• Job 6:24Teach me, and I will hold my tongue; and cause me to understand wherein I have erred.
• Isaiah 64:6And we are all become as an unclean [thing], and all our righteousnesses are as filthy rags; and we all fade as a leaf, and our iniquities, like the wind, have carried us away;
• 1 Corinthians 4:4For I am conscious of nothing in myself; but I am not justified by this: but he that examines me is the Lord.
• Hebrews 9:7but into the second, the high priest only, once a year, not without blood, which he offers for himself and for the errors of the people:
• Psalms 51:5Behold, in iniquity was I brought forth, and in sin did my mother conceive me.
• Psalms 65:3Iniquities have prevailed against me: our transgressions, thou wilt forgive them.
• 1 John 1:7But if we walk in the light as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanses us from all sin.
• Psalms 90:8Thou hast set our iniquities before thee, our secret [sins] in the light of thy countenance.
• Psalms 139:2Thou knowest my down-sitting and mine uprising, thou understandest my thought afar off;
• Leviticus 4:2Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, If a soul shall sin through inadvertence against any of the commandments of Jehovah [in things] that ought not to be done, and do any of them;
• Jeremiah 17:9The heart is deceitful above all things, and incurable; who can know 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

Topics related to Psalms 19:12

• Self-Examination
• Sin

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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