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Psalms 38:18

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.

ASV

כִּֽי אֲ֭נִי לְ/צֶ֣לַע נָכ֑וֹן וּ/מַכְאוֹבִ֖/י נֶגְדִּ֣/י תָמִֽיד

Hebrew

For mine iniquity I declare, I am sorry for my sin.

YLT

For I will declare my iniquity. I will be sorry for my sin.

WEB

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In the original Hebrew

7 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֲנִ֥י
'ny
pronoun · 862×
י
y
noun · 16×
י
y
noun · 3×
כִּֽי
ky
pronoun · 4439×
נֶ֣גֶד
ngd
preposition · 148×
נָכ֣וֹן
nkvn
verb · 217×
תָּמִ֔יד
tmyd
noun · 104×

Historic Christian voices

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

Cross-references

  • 2Cor 7:7 — 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.
  • 2Cor 7:9 — Now I rejoice, not that ye were made sorry, but that ye sorrowed to repentance: for ye were made sorry after a godly manner, that ye might receive damage by us in nothing.
  • 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 7:20 — And Achan answered Joshua, and said, Indeed I have sinned against the LORD God of Israel, and thus and thus have I done:
  • Luke 7:38 — And stood at his feet behind him weeping, and began to wash his feet with tears, and did wipe them with the hairs of her head, and kissed his feet, and anointed them with the ointment.
  • Prov 28:13 — He that covereth his sins shall not prosper: but whoso confesseth and forsaketh them shall have mercy.
  • Ps 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.
  • Ps 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.
  • Ps 51:3 — For I acknowledge my transgressions: and my sin is ever before me.
  • Ps 51:3 — For I acknowledge my transgressions: and my sin is ever before me.
  • Ps 119:26 — I have declared my ways, and thou heardest me: teach me thy statutes.