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Psalms Chapter 38 verse 18 Holy Bible

ASV Psalms 38:18

For I will declare mine iniquity; I will be sorry for my sin.
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BBE Psalms 38:18

I will make clear my wrongdoing, with sorrow in my heart for my sin.
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DARBY Psalms 38:18

For I will declare mine iniquity, I am grieved for my sin.
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KJV Psalms 38:18

For I will declare mine iniquity; I will be sorry for my sin.
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WBT Psalms 38:18

For I am ready to halt, and my sorrow is continually before me.
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WEB Psalms 38:18

For I will declare my iniquity. I will be sorry for my sin.
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YLT Psalms 38:18

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

Pulpit CommentaryVerse 18. - For I will declare mine iniquity; I will be sorry for my sin. The four "fors," beginning four consecutive verses, are somewhat puzzling. Canon Cook suggests that they introduce four reasons for the psalmist's silence (vers. 13, 14) and abstinence front self-justification: (1) because God hears him, and will make answer for him (ver. 15); (2) because, if he spoke, he might give further occasion to his enemies (ver. 16); (3) because he feels in danger, and is conscious of sin (ver. 17); and . . .

Ellicott's Commentary

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(18) Sorry.--The note of true penitence is here. The sorrow is for the sin itself, not for its miserable results.