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John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

Psalms 38:18

For I will declare mine iniquity,.... Either to men, to ease his mind, justify God in his proceedings with him, and for their caution and admonition: or rather to God, against whom he had sinned, and who only could pardon him; with a view to which he was determined to make a free and open confession of it before him:

I will be sorry for my sin, or "careful" p about it; that is, how he committed it for the future: true repentance for sin produces a carefulness to abstain from all appearance of it; see 2 Corinthians 7:10.

p אדאג "solicitus ero", Montanus; so Junius Tremellius, Piscator, Gejerus, Michaelis, Ainsworth.

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  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

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