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 of greater value than gold, than even a great amount of pure gold; they bring greater delight than honey, than even the sweetest honey from a honeycomb. 11Yes, your servant finds moral guidance there; those who obey them receive a rich reward. Who can know all his errors? Please do not punish me for sins I am unaware of. 13Moreover, keep me from committing flagrant sins; do not allow such sins to control me. Then I will be blameless, and innocent of blatant rebellion. 14May my words and my thoughts be acceptable in your sight, O Lord, my sheltering rock and my redeemer.

Psalms 19:12 word by word

שְׁגִיא֥וֹת מִֽי־יָבִ֑ין מִֽנִּסְתָּר֥וֹת נַקֵּֽנִי׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Who can understandבִּיןbîyn · to understandH995
• errorsשְׁגִיאָהshegîy'âh · errorH7691
• cleanseנָקָהnâqâh · to clearH5352
• thou me from secretסָתַרsâthar · to hideH5641

Cross-references for Psalms 19:12

• Psalms 40:12For innumerable dangers surround me. My sins overtake me so I am unable to see; they outnumber the hairs of my head so my strength fails me.
• Job 6:24“Teach me and I, for my part, will be silent; explain to me how I have been mistaken.
• Isaiah 64:6We are all like one who is unclean, all our so-called righteous acts are like a menstrual rag in your sight. We all wither like a leaf; our sins carry us away like the wind.
• 1 Corinthians 4:4For I am not aware of anything against myself, but I am not acquitted because of this. The one who judges me is the Lord.
• Hebrews 9:7But only the high priest enters once a year into the inner tent, and not without blood that he offers for himself and for the sins of the people committed in ignorance.
• Psalms 51:5Look, I was guilty of sin from birth, a sinner the moment my mother conceived me.
• Psalms 65:3Our record of sins overwhelms me, but you forgive our acts of rebellion.
• 1 John 1:7But if 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 are aware of our sins; you even know about our hidden sins.
• Psalms 139:2You know when I sit down and when I get up; even from far away you understand my motives.
• Leviticus 4:2“Tell the Israelites, ‘When a person sins by straying unintentionally from any of the Lord’s commandments which must not be violated, and violates any one of them –
• Jeremiah 17:9The human mind is more deceitful than anything else. It is incurably bad. 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

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