Psalms 19:12
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Who can discern his own errors? Cleanse me from my hidden faults.
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There are two excellent books which the great God has published for the instruction and edification of the children of men; this psalm treats of them both, and recommends them both to our diligent study. I. The book of the creatures, in which we may easily read the power and godhead of the Creator (Psa 19:1-6). II. The book of the scriptures, which makes known to us the will of God concerning our duty. He shows the excellency and usefulness of that book (Psa 19:7-11) and then teaches us how to improve it (Psa 19:12-14). To the chief musician. A psalm of David.
Open source ↗19:12-14 The psalmist knows his faults, so he prays to remain faithful and commits himself to the Lord.
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You have set our iniquities before You, our secret sins in the light of Your presence.
Teach me, and I will be silent. Help me understand how I have erred.
The heart is deceitful above all things and beyond cure. Who can understand it?
For evils without number surround me; my sins have overtaken me, so that I cannot see. They are more than the hairs of my head, and my heart has failed within me.
But if we walk in the light as He is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus His Son cleanses us from all sin.
My conscience is clear, but that does not vindicate me. It is the Lord who judges me.
Such knowledge is too wonderful for me, too lofty for me to attain.
But only the high priest entered the second room, and then only once a year, and never without blood, which he offered for himself and for the sins the people had committed in ignorance.
Each of us has become like something unclean, and all our righteous acts are like filthy rags; we all wither like a leaf, and our iniquities carry us away like the wind.
Wash me clean of my iniquity and cleanse me from my sin.