Psalms 38:18 · KJV
“For I will declare mine iniquity; I will be sorry for my sin.”
— Psalms 38:18
For I {am} ready to halt, and my sorrow {is} continually before me. {to halt: Heb. for halting}
But mine enemies {are} lively, {and} they are strong: and they that hate me wrongfully are multiplied. {are lively...: Heb. being living, are strong}
Psalms 38 — Context
For I said, {Hear me}, lest {otherwise} they should rejoice over me: when my foot slippeth, they magnify {themselves} against me.
17For I {am} ready to halt, and my sorrow {is} continually before me. {to halt: Heb. for halting}
18For I will declare mine iniquity; I will be sorry for my sin.
19But mine enemies {are} lively, {and} they are strong: and they that hate me wrongfully are multiplied. {are lively...: Heb. being living, are strong}
20They also that render evil for good are mine adversaries; because I follow {the thing that} good {is}.
Cross References
Psalms 32:5
I acknowledged my sin unto thee, and mine iniquity have I not hid. I said, I will confess my transgressions unto the LORD; and thou forgavest the iniquity of my sin. Selah.
Proverbs 28:13
He that covereth his sins shall not prosper: but whoso confesseth and forsaketh {them} shall have mercy.
Job 33:27
He looketh upon men, and {if any} say, I have sinned, and perverted {that which was} right, and it profited me not; {He...: or, He shall look upon men, and say}
Psalms 51:3
For I acknowledge my transgressions: and my sin {is} ever before me.
2 Corinthians 7:7-11
And not by his coming only, but by the consolation wherewith he was comforted in you, when he told us your earnest desire, your mourning, your fervent mind toward me; so that I rejoiced the more.
Job 31:33
If I covered my transgressions as Adam, by hiding mine iniquity in my bosom: {as Adam: or, after the manner of men}