Psalms 38:18

Psalms 38:18 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)For I will declare mine iniquity; I will be sorry for my sin.
• New International Version (NIV)I confess my iniquity; I am troubled by my sin.
• English Standard Version (ESV)I confess my iniquity; I am sorry for my sin.
• New King James Version (NKJV)For I will declare my iniquity; I will be in anguish over my sin.

Context of Psalms 38:18

16For I said, Let them not rejoice over me! When my foot slipped, they magnified [themselves] against me. 17For I am ready to halt, and my pain is continually before me. For I will declare mine iniquity, I am grieved for my sin. 19But mine enemies are lively, they are strong; and they that hate me wrongfully are multiplied: 20And they that render evil for good are adversaries unto me; because I pursue what is good.

Psalms 38:18 word by word

כִּֽי־עֲוֹנִ֥י אַגִּ֑יד אֶ֝דְאַ֗ג מֵֽחַטָּאתִֽי׃Read the interlinear

Cross-references for Psalms 38:18

• Psalms 32:5I acknowledged my sin unto thee, and mine iniquity I covered not; I said, I will confess my transgressions unto Jehovah, and thou forgavest the iniquity of my sin. Selah.
• Psalms 51:3For I acknowledge my transgressions, and my sin is continually before me.
• Job 31:33If I covered my transgressions as Adam, by hiding mine iniquity in my bosom,
• Proverbs 28:13He that covereth his transgressions shall not prosper; but whoso confesseth and forsaketh [them] shall obtain mercy.
• 2 Corinthians 7:7and not by his coming only, but also through the encouragement with which he was encouraged as to you; relating to us your ardent desire, your mourning, your zeal for me; so that I the more rejoiced.

Commentaries on Psalms 38:18

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 18I will declare mine iniquity - I will confess it with the deepest humiliation and self-abasement.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 18For I will declare mine iniquity - That is, he was not disposed to hide his sin. He would make no concealment of the fact that he regarded himself as a sinner. He admitted this to be true, and he admitted that his sin was the cause of all his troubles. It was the fact that he was a sinner that so painfully affected his mind; and he was not disposed to attempt to conceal it from anyone. I will be sorry for my sin - I will not deny it; I will not apologize…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 12-22Verses 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 more we consult the quiet…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 17-20The psalmist, unable to bear his suffering and close to collapse (compare Psalm 15:5), admits his sin (see Psalm 32:5).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1818. Consciousness of sin makes suffering pungent, and suffering, rightly received, leads to confession.Read the comment

Topics related to Psalms 38:18

• Afflictions and Adversities
• Conviction
• Prayer
• Repentance
• Sin

In the dictionaries

• I Will Be
• Afar
• Arrow
• Deceit
• Fret
• Plague
• Bring
• Pentateuch
• Psalms, Book of
• Sick; Sickness

Commentaries on Psalms 38

• 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