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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.

KJV

Diligit misericordiam et judicium ; misericordia Domini plena est terra.

Vulgate

ἀγαπᾷ ἐλεημοσύνην καὶ κρίσιν, τοῦ ἐλέους Κυρίου πλήρης ἡ γῆ.

LXX

I acknowledged my sin unto thee, And mine iniquity did I not hide: I said, I will confess my transgressions unto Jehovah; And thou forgavest the iniquity of my sin. [Selah

ASV

חַטָּאתִ֨/י אוֹדִ֪יעֲ/ךָ֡ וַ/עֲוֺ֘נִ֤/י לֹֽא כִסִּ֗יתִי אָמַ֗רְתִּי אוֹדֶ֤ה עֲלֵ֣י פְ֭שָׁעַ/י לַ/יהוָ֑ה וְ/אַתָּ֨ה נָ֘שָׂ֤אתָ עֲוֺ֖ן חַטָּאתִ֣/י סֶֽלָה

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

13 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אַתָּ֣ה
'th
pronoun · 1088×
חַטָּ֖את
cht't
noun · 298×
י
y
noun · 93×
יְהוָ֖ה
yhvh
proper_noun · 6455×
יָדְע֖וּ
yd'v
verb · 944×
יִּשְׂא֥וּ
ysh'v
verb · 652×
יֹּ֣אמֶר
y'mr
verb · 5290×
ךָ
k
verb · 106×
לֹ֣א
l'
proper_noun · 5171×
ם
m
noun · 230×
מְכַסֶּ֣ה
mksh
verb · 152×
סֶֽלָה
slh
particle · 71×
עַל
'l
noun · 5732×

Themes

Historic Christian voices

7 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

§1502The man of the Old Testament lives his sickness in the presence of God. It is before God that he laments his illness, and it is of God, Master of life and death, that he implores healing.98 Illness becomes a way to conversion; God's forgiveness initiates the healing.99 It is the experience of Israel that illness is mysteriously linked to sin and evil, and that faithfulness to G…
Blessed is he whose transgression is forgiven. Paul cites this Psalm in Romans 4 to prove that justification is by grace through faith, not works. David describes the blessedness of the man to whom God imputes not iniquity. His own experience of concealing sin and then confessing it illustrates that there is no rest for the conscience until sin is freely acknowledged and forgiv…
What is Confession? Confession has two parts. First, that we confess our sins, and second, that we receive absolution, that is, forgiveness, from the pastor as from God Himself, not doubting, but firmly believing that by it our sins are forgiven before God in heaven. What sins should we confess? Before God we should plead guilty of all sins, even those we are not aware of, as w…
The preaching of repentance is joined with the Gospel. For so the Lord said in the Gospel: "Repentance and forgiveness of sins should be preached in his name to all nations." By repentance we understand the knowledge of one's sin, true sorrow for sin, and the earnest endeavor henceforth to serve God and follow his commandments. True repentance does not flow from what is to be s…
Luther retains private confession and absolution as a precious gift, not to be abandoned. However, he rejects the requirement of enumerating all sins, which is impossible and turns confession into a torment rather than a comfort. Absolution is the voice of the Gospel declaring God's forgiveness; it is not a priestly judicial act that depends on complete enumeration.

Cross-references

  • 1John 1:8 — If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.
  • 1John 1:9 — If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
  • 2Cor 1:4 — Who comforteth us in all our tribulation, that we may be able to comfort them which are in any trouble, by the comfort wherewith we ourselves are comforted of God.
  • 2Sam 12:9 — Wherefore hast thou despised the commandment of the LORD, to do evil in his sight? thou hast killed Uriah the Hittite with the sword, and hast taken his wife to be thy wife, and hast slain him with th
  • 2Sam 12:13 — And David said unto Nathan, I have sinned against the LORD. And Nathan said unto David, The LORD also hath put away thy sin; thou shalt not die.
  • 2Sam 24:10 — And David’s heart smote him after that he had numbered the people. And David said unto the LORD, I have sinned greatly in that I have done: and now, I beseech thee, O LORD, take away the iniquity of t
  • Acts 1:15 — And in those days Peter stood up in the midst of the disciples, and said, (the number of names together were about an hundred and twenty,)
  • Acts 19:18 — And many that believed came, and confessed, and shewed their deeds.
  • Dan 9:4 — And I prayed unto the LORD my God, and made my confession, and said, O Lord, the great and dreadful God, keeping the covenant and mercy to them that love him, and to them that keep his commandments;
  • Dan 9:20 — And whiles I was speaking, and praying, and confessing my sin and the sin of my people Israel, and presenting my supplication before the LORD my God for the holy mountain of my God;
  • Eph 4:32 — And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ’s sake hath forgiven you.
  • Hos 6:1 — Come, and let us return unto the LORD: for he hath torn, and he will heal us; he hath smitten, and he will bind us up.
  • Isa 65:24 — And it shall come to pass, that before they call, I will answer; and while they are yet speaking, I will hear.
  • Isa 65:24 — And it shall come to pass, that before they call, I will answer; and while they are yet speaking, I will hear.
  • Jer 2:23 — How canst thou say, I am not polluted, I have not gone after Baalim? see thy way in the valley, know what thou hast done: thou art a swift dromedary traversing her ways;
  • Jer 2:35 — Yet thou sayest, Because I am innocent, surely his anger shall turn from me. Behold, I will plead with thee, because thou sayest, I have not sinned.
  • Jer 3:13 — Only acknowledge thine iniquity, that thou hast transgressed against the LORD thy God, and hast scattered thy ways to the strangers under every green tree, and ye have not obeyed my voice, saith the L
  • Jer 14:20 — We acknowledge, O LORD, our wickedness, and the iniquity of our fathers: for we have sinned against thee.
  • Jer 31:20 — Is Ephraim my dear son? is he a pleasant child? for since I spake against him, I do earnestly remember him still: therefore my bowels are troubled for him; I will surely have mercy upon him, saith the
  • Job 31:33 — If I covered my transgressions as Adam, by hiding mine iniquity in my bosom:
  • 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;
  • Josh 7:19 — And Joshua said unto Achan, My son, give, I pray thee, glory to the LORD God of Israel, and make confession unto him; and tell me now what thou hast done; hide it not from me.
  • Josh 7:19 — And Joshua said unto Achan, My son, give, I pray thee, glory to the LORD God of Israel, and make confession unto him; and tell me now what thou hast done; hide it not from me.
  • Lev 5:5 — And it shall be, when he shall be guilty in one of these things, that he shall confess that he hath sinned in that thing:
  • Lev 16:21 — And Aaron shall lay both his hands upon the head of the live goat, and confess over him all the iniquities of the children of Israel, and all their transgressions in all their sins, putting them upon
  • Lev 26:39 — And they that are left of you shall pine away in their iniquity in your enemies’ lands; and also in the iniquities of their fathers shall they pine away with them.
  • Lev 26:40 — If they shall confess their iniquity, and the iniquity of their fathers, with their trespass which they trespassed against me, and that also they have walked contrary unto me;
  • Luke 7:47 — Wherefore I say unto thee, Her sins, which are many, are forgiven; for she loved much: but to whom little is forgiven, the same loveth little.
  • Luke 15:17 — And when he came to himself, he said, How many hired servants of my father’s have bread enough and to spare, and I perish with hunger!
  • Luke 16:15 — And he said unto them, Ye are they which justify yourselves before men; but God knoweth your hearts: for that which is highly esteemed among men is abomination in the sight of God.
  • Luke 23:43 — And Jesus said unto him, Verily I say unto thee, To day shalt thou be with me in paradise.
  • Mal 3:8 — Will a man rob God? Yet ye have robbed me. But ye say, Wherein have we robbed thee? In tithes and offerings.
  • Neh 1:6 — Let thine ear now be attentive, and thine eyes open, that thou mayest hear the prayer of thy servant, which I pray before thee now, day and night, for the children of Israel thy servants, and confess
  • Prov 28:13 — He that covereth his sins shall not prosper: but whoso confesseth and forsaketh them shall have mercy.
  • Prov 30:20 — Such is the way of an adulterous woman; she eateth, and wipeth her mouth, and saith, I have done no wickedness.
  • Ps 30:5 — For his anger endureth but a moment; in his favour is life: weeping may endure for a night, but joy cometh in the morning.
  • Ps 34:2 — My soul shall make her boast in the LORD: the humble shall hear thereof, and be glad.
  • Ps 38:18 — For I will declare mine iniquity; I will be sorry for my sin.
  • Ps 38:18 — For I will declare mine iniquity; I will be sorry for my sin.
  • Ps 41:4 — I said, LORD, be merciful unto me: heal my soul; for I have sinned against thee.