Psalm 38:18
New International Version
I confess my iniquity; I am troubled by my sin.

New Living Translation
But I confess my sins; I am deeply sorry for what I have done.

English Standard Version
I confess my iniquity; I am sorry for my sin.

Berean Standard Bible
Yes, I confess my iniquity; I am troubled by my sin.

King James Bible
For I will declare mine iniquity; I will be sorry for my sin.

New King James Version
For I will declare my iniquity; I will be in anguish over my sin.

New American Standard Bible
For I admit my guilt; I am full of anxiety because of my sin.

NASB 1995
For I confess my iniquity; I am full of anxiety because of my sin.

NASB 1977
For I confess my iniquity; I am full of anxiety because of my sin.

Legacy Standard Bible
For I confess my iniquity; I am full of anxiety because of my sin.

Amplified Bible
For I do confess my guilt and iniquity; I am filled with anxiety because of my sin.

Christian Standard Bible
So I confess my iniquity; I am anxious because of my sin.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
So I confess my guilt; I am anxious because of my sin.

American Standard Version
For I will declare mine iniquity; I will be sorry for my sin.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
For I shall declare to you my wrongdoing and I shall be purged from my sins.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
For I will declare mine iniquity, and be distressed for my sin.

Contemporary English Version
I told you my sins, and I am sorry for them.

Douay-Rheims Bible
For I will declare my inequity : and I will think for my sin.

English Revised Version
For I will declare mine iniquity; I will be sorry for my sin.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
I confess my guilt. My sin troubles me.

Good News Translation
I confess my sins; they fill me with anxiety.

International Standard Version
I confess my iniquity, and my sin troubles me.

JPS Tanakh 1917
For I do declare mine iniquity; I am full of care because of my sin.

Literal Standard Version
For I declare my iniquity, | I am sorry for my sin.

Majority Standard Bible
Yes, I confess my iniquity; I am troubled by my sin.

New American Bible
I acknowledge my guilt and grieve over my sin.

NET Bible
Yes, I confess my wrongdoing, and I am concerned about my sins.

New Revised Standard Version
I confess my iniquity; I am sorry for my sin.

New Heart English Bible
Yes, I confess my iniquity. I am anxious because of my sin.

Webster's Bible Translation
For I will declare my iniquity; I will be sorry for my sin.

World English Bible
For I will declare my iniquity. I will be sorry for my sin.

Young's Literal Translation
For mine iniquity I declare, I am sorry for my sin.

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Context
Do Not Rebuke Me in Your Anger
17For I am ready to fall, and my pain is ever with me. 18Yes, I confess my iniquity; I am troubled by my sin. 19Many are my enemies without cause, and many hate me without reason.…

Cross References
2 Corinthians 7:9
And now I rejoice, not because you were made sorrowful, but because your sorrow led you to repentance. For you felt the sorrow that God had intended, and so were not harmed in any way by us.

2 Corinthians 7:10
Godly sorrow brings repentance that leads to salvation without regret, but worldly sorrow brings death.

Psalm 32:5
Then 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


Treasury of Scripture

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

For

Psalm 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.

Psalm 51:3
For I acknowledge my transgressions: and my sin is ever before me.

Job 31:33
If I covered my transgressions as Adam, by hiding mine iniquity in my bosom:

sorry

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…

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(18) Sorry.--The note of true penitence is here. The sorrow is for the sin itself, not for its miserable results.

Verse 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 . . .

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
Yes,
כִּֽי־ (kî-)
Conjunction
Strong's 3588: A relative conjunction

I confess
אַגִּ֑יד (’ag·gîḏ)
Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - first person common singular
Strong's 5046: To be conspicuous

my iniquity;
עֲוֺנִ֥י (‘ă·wō·nî)
Noun - common singular construct | first person common singular
Strong's 5771: Iniquity, guilt, punishment for iniquity

I am troubled
אֶ֝דְאַ֗ג (’eḏ·’aḡ)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singular
Strong's 1672: To be anxious or concerned, to fear

by my sin.
מֵֽחַטָּאתִֽי׃ (mê·ḥaṭ·ṭā·ṯî)
Preposition-m | Noun - feminine singular construct | first person common singular
Strong's 2403: An offence, its penalty, occasion, sacrifice, expiation, an offender


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