Psalms 38:18
Yes, I confess my iniquity; I am troubled by my sin.
BSB
ASV
For I will declare mine iniquity; I will be sorry for my sin.
KJV
For I will declare mine iniquity; I will be sorry for my sin.
(Verse 18.) If you see your servant confessing his own sins and offering himself voluntarily to punishment, will you be moved, forgive him, and doubt the mercy of the Lord? The judge himself, who is not allowed to temper the sword in many cases because he serves the laws, can still grant a profit from punishments. And yet you hesitate about what you should ask from the Lord of the laws and the Author of mercy, to whom the law is a desire and the right to give.
Two things are required in repentance:-- (1.) Confession of sin: " I will declare my iniquity; I will not only in general own myself a sinner, but I will make a particular acknowledgment of what I have done amiss." We must declare our sins before God freely and fully, and with their aggravating circumstances, that we may give glory to God and take shame to ourselves.
For I will declare mine iniquity. The slander of his enemies he repudiates, but the accusations of his conscience he admits. Open confession is good for the soul. When sorrow leads to hearty and penitent acknowledgment of sin it is blessed sorrow, a thing to thank God for most devoutly. I will be sorry for my sin. My confession will be salted with briny tears. It is well not so much to bewail our sorrows as to denounce the sins which lie at the root of them.
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Proverbs 28:13He who conceals his sins will not prosper, but whoever confesses and renounces them will find mercy.
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If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.
When I kept silent, my bones became brittle from my groaning all day long.
if I have covered my transgressions like Adam by hiding my guilt in my heart,
I will get up and go back to my father and say to him, “Father, I have sinned against heaven and against you.
Go, proclaim this message toward the north: ‘Return, O faithless Israel,’ declares the LORD. ‘I will no longer look on you with anger, for I am merciful,’ declares the LORD. ‘I will not be…
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Psalms 32:5Then I acknowledged my sin to You and did not hide my iniquity. I said, “I will confess my transgressions to the LORD,” and You forgave the guilt of my sin. Selah
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He who conceals his sins will not prosper, but whoever confesses and renounces them will find mercy.
Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
Then David said to Nathan, “I have sinned against the LORD.” “The LORD has taken away your sin,” Nathan replied. “You will not die.
Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
For I know my transgressions, and my sin is always before me.