Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version Then I acknowledged my sin to you and did not cover up my iniquity. I said, “I will confess my transgressions to the LORD.” And you forgave the guilt of my sin. New Living Translation Finally, I confessed all my sins to you and stopped trying to hide my guilt. I said to myself, “I will confess my rebellion to the LORD.” And you forgave me! All my guilt is gone. Interlude English Standard Version I acknowledged my sin to you, and I did not cover my iniquity; I said, “I will confess my transgressions to the LORD,” and you forgave the iniquity of my sin. Selah Berean Standard Bible 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 King James Bible 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. New King James Version I acknowledged my sin to You, And my iniquity I have not hidden. I said, “I will confess my transgressions to the LORD,” And You forgave the iniquity of my sin. Selah New American Standard Bible I acknowledged my sin to You, And I did not hide my guilt; I said, “I will confess my wrongdoings to the LORD”; And You forgave the guilt of my sin. Selah NASB 1995 I acknowledged my sin to You, And my iniquity I did not hide; I said, “I will confess my transgressions to the LORD"; And You forgave the guilt of my sin. Selah. NASB 1977 I acknowledged my sin to Thee, And my iniquity I did not hide; I said, “I will confess my transgressions to the LORD”; And Thou didst forgive the guilt of my sin. Selah. Legacy Standard Bible I acknowledged my sin to You, And my iniquity I did not cover up; I said, “I will confess my transgressions to Yahweh;” And You forgave the iniquity of my sin. Selah. Amplified Bible I acknowledged my sin to You, And I did not hide my wickedness; I said, “I will confess [all] my transgressions to the LORD”; And You forgave the guilt of my sin. Selah. Christian Standard Bible Then I acknowledged my sin to you and did not conceal my iniquity. I said, “I will confess my transgressions to the LORD,” and you forgave the guilt of my sin. Selah Holman Christian Standard Bible Then I acknowledged my sin to You and did not conceal my iniquity. I said,” I will confess my transgressions to the LORD,” and You took away the guilt of my sin. Selah American Standard Version I acknowledged my sin unto thee, And mine iniquity did I not hide: I said, I will confess my transgressions unto Jehovah; And thou forgavest the iniquity of my sin. [Selah Aramaic Bible in Plain English I confessed my sins to you and my crimes I have not hidden from you; I have said, "I shall confess to LORD JEHOVAH concerning my crimes”, and you forgave me all my sins. Brenton Septuagint Translation I acknowledged my sin, and hid not mine iniquity: I said, I will confess mine iniquity to the Lord against myself; and thou forgavest the ungodliness of my heart. Pause. Contemporary English Version So I confessed my sins and told them all to you. I said, "I'll tell the LORD each one of my sins." Then you forgave me and took away my guilt. Douay-Rheims Bible I have acknowledged my sin to thee, and my injustice I have not concealed. I said I will confess against myself my injustice to the Lord: and thou hast forgiven the wickedness of my sin. English Revised Version 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 GOD'S WORD® Translation I made my sins known to you, and I did not cover up my guilt. I decided to confess them to you, O LORD. Then you forgave all my sins. [Selah] Good News Translation Then I confessed my sins to you; I did not conceal my wrongdoings. I decided to confess them to you, and you forgave all my sins. International Standard Version My sin I acknowledged to you; my iniquity I did not hide. I said, "I will confess my transgressions to the LORD." And you forgave the guilt of my sin! Interlude JPS Tanakh 1917 I acknowledged my sin unto Thee, and mine iniquity have I not hid; I said: 'I will make confession concerning my transgressions unto the LORD'-- And Thou, Thou forgavest the iniquity of my sin. Selah Literal Standard Version I cause You to know my sin, | And I have not covered my iniquity. I have said, “I confess to YHWH concerning My transgressions,” | And You have taken away the iniquity of my sin. Selah. Majority Standard Bible 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 New American Bible Then I declared my sin to you; my guilt I did not hide. I said, “I confess my transgression to the LORD,” and you took away the guilt of my sin. Selah NET Bible Then I confessed my sin; I no longer covered up my wrongdoing. I said, "I will confess my rebellious acts to the LORD." And then you forgave my sins. (Selah) New Revised Standard Version Then I acknowledged my sin to you, and I did not hide my iniquity; I said, “I will confess my transgressions to the LORD,” and you forgave the guilt of my sin. Selah New Heart English Bible I acknowledged my sin to you. I did not hide my iniquity. I said, "I will confess my transgressions to the LORD," and you forgave the iniquity of my sin. Selah. Webster's Bible Translation I acknowledged my sin to thee, and my iniquity have I not hid. I said, I will confess my transgressions to the LORD; and thou forgavest the iniquity of my sin. Selah. World English Bible I acknowledged my sin to you. I didn’t hide my iniquity. I said, I will confess my transgressions to Yahweh, and you forgave the iniquity of my sin. Selah. Young's Literal Translation My sin I cause Thee to know, And mine iniquity I have not covered. I have said, 'I confess concerning My transgressions to Jehovah,' And Thou -- Thou hast taken away, The iniquity of my sin. Selah. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context The Providence of God…4For day and night Your hand was heavy upon me; my strength was drained as in the summer heat. Selah 5Then 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 6Therefore let all the godly pray to You while You may be found. Surely when great waters rise, they will not come near.… Cross References 1 John 1:9 If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. Leviticus 26:40 But if they will confess their iniquity and that of their fathers in the unfaithfulness that they practiced against Me, by which they have also walked in hostility toward Me-- Numbers 23:21 He considers no disaster for Jacob; He sees no trouble for Israel. The LORD their God is with them, and the shout of the King is among them. Job 31:33 if I have covered my transgressions like Adam by hiding my guilt in my heart, Psalm 38:18 Yes, I confess my iniquity; I am troubled by my sin. Psalm 103:12 As far as the east is from the west, so far has He removed our transgressions from us. Proverbs 28:13 He who conceals his sins will not prosper, but whoever confesses and renounces them will find mercy. Treasury of Scripture I acknowledge my sin to you, and my iniquity have I not hid. I said, I will confess my transgressions to the LORD; and you forgave the iniquity of my sin. Selah. acknowledged Psalm 38:18 For I will declare mine iniquity; I will be sorry for my sin. Psalm 51:3-5 For I acknowledge my transgressions: and my sin is ever before me… Leviticus 26:39,40 And they that are left of you shall pine away in their iniquity in your enemies' lands; and also in the iniquities of their fathers shall they pine away with them… have Job 31:33 If I covered my transgressions as Adam, by hiding mine iniquity in my bosom: Proverbs 30:20 Such is the way of an adulterous woman; she eateth, and wipeth her mouth, and saith, I have done no wickedness. Jeremiah 2:23,35 How canst thou say, I am not polluted, I have not gone after Baalim? see thy way in the valley, know what thou hast done: thou art a swift dromedary traversing her ways; … I said Isaiah 65:24 And it shall come to pass, that before they call, I will answer; and while they are yet speaking, I will hear. Hosea 6:1 Come, and let us return unto the LORD: for he hath torn, and he will heal us; he hath smitten, and he will bind us up. Luke 15:17-19,21 And when he came to himself, he said, How many hired servants of my father's have bread enough and to spare, and I perish with hunger! … forgavest Psalm 30:5 For his anger endureth but a moment; in his favour is life: weeping may endure for a night, but joy cometh in the morning. Psalm 86:5,15 For thou, Lord, art good, and ready to forgive; and plenteous in mercy unto all them that call upon thee… Psalm 103:3 Who forgiveth all thine iniquities; who healeth all thy diseases; iniquity Psalm 51:4 Against thee, thee only, have I sinned, and done this evil in thy sight: that thou mightest be justified when thou speakest, and be clear when thou judgest. 2 Samuel 12:9,13 Wherefore hast thou despised the commandment of the LORD, to do evil in his sight? thou hast killed Uriah the Hittite with the sword, and hast taken his wife to be thy wife, and hast slain him with the sword of the children of Ammon… Malachi 3:8 Will a man rob God? Yet ye have robbed me. But ye say, Wherein have we robbed thee? In tithes and offerings. Jump to Previous Acknowledge Acknowledged Cause Clear Confess Confession Cover Covered Forgave Forgavest Forgive Guilt Hid Hide Iniquity Selah Sin Thou Transgressions WrongdoingJump to Next Acknowledge Acknowledged Cause Clear Confess Confession Cover Covered Forgave Forgavest Forgive Guilt Hid Hide Iniquity Selah Sin Thou Transgressions WrongdoingPsalm 32 1. Blessedness consists in remission of sins3. Confession of sins gives ease to the conscience 8. God's promises bring joy (5) I acknowledged.--The fact that this verb is future, as also "I will confess" in the next clause, as well as the requirements of the passage, uphold Hupfeld's suggestion that "I said" has changed its place, and should be replaced at the beginning of the verse. (Comp. Psalm 73:15, and Note.) The sense is, "I said, 'I will acknowledge my sin unto thee, And I did not hide mine iniquity. (I said) 'I will confess my transgression unto Jehovah, And thou forgavest the guilt of my sin." Verse 5. - I acknowledged my sin unto thee (comp. 2 Samuel 12:13). Conscience once fully awakened, all reticence was broken down. David confessed his sin fully and freely - confessed it as "sin," as "transgression," and as "iniquity" (compare the comment on ver. 1). And mine iniquity have I not hid; rather, did I not hide. I did not attempt to gloss over or conceal the extent of my guilt, but laid my soul bare before thee. Hengstenberg well remarks that the psalmist is probably not speaking of a "making known by the mouth," but of "an inward confession, such as is accompanied with painful repentance and sorrow, with begging of pardon for sin and for the offence rendered to the Divine Majesty." I said, I will confess my transgressions unto the Lord; and thou forgavest the iniquity of my sin. Upon David's confession, whether it were inward or outward, followed without any interval God's forgiveness - forgiveness which, however, did not preclude the exaction of a penalty required for the justification of God's ways to man (2 Samuel 12:14), and also, perhaps, for proper impressing of the offender himself, who would have been less sensible of the heinousness of his sin, if it had gone unpunished.Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew Then I acknowledgedאוֹדִ֪יעֲךָ֡ (’ō·w·ḏî·‘ă·ḵā) Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - first person common singular | second person masculine singular Strong's 3045: To know my sin to You חַטָּאתִ֨י (ḥaṭ·ṭā·ṯî) Noun - feminine singular construct | first person common singular Strong's 2403: An offence, its penalty, occasion, sacrifice, expiation, an offender and did not לֹֽא־ (lō-) Adverb - Negative particle Strong's 3808: Not, no hide כִסִּ֗יתִי (ḵis·sî·ṯî) Verb - Piel - Perfect - first person common singular Strong's 3680: To plump, fill up hollows, to cover my iniquity. וַעֲוֺ֘נִ֤י (wa·‘ă·wō·nî) Conjunctive waw | Noun - common singular construct | first person common singular Strong's 5771: Iniquity, guilt, punishment for iniquity I said, אָמַ֗רְתִּי (’ā·mar·tî) Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular Strong's 559: To utter, say “I will confess אוֹדֶ֤ה (’ō·w·ḏeh) Verb - Hifil - Imperfect Cohortative if contextual - first person common singular Strong's 3034: To throw, at, away, to revere, worship, to bemoan my transgressions פְ֭שָׁעַי (p̄ə·šā·‘ay) Noun - masculine plural construct | first person common singular Strong's 6588: Transgression to the LORD,” לַיהוָ֑ה (Yah·weh) Preposition-l | Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel and You וְאַתָּ֨ה (wə·’at·tāh) Conjunctive waw | Pronoun - second person masculine singular Strong's 859: Thou and thee, ye and you forgave נָ֘שָׂ֤אתָ (nā·śā·ṯā) Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person masculine singular Strong's 5375: To lift, carry, take the guilt עֲוֺ֖ן (‘ă·wōn) Noun - common singular construct Strong's 5771: Iniquity, guilt, punishment for iniquity of my sin. חַטָּאתִ֣י (ḥaṭ·ṭā·ṯî) Noun - feminine singular construct | first person common singular Strong's 2403: An offence, its penalty, occasion, sacrifice, expiation, an offender Selah סֶֽלָה׃ (se·lāh) Interjection Strong's 5542: Suspension, pause Links Psalm 32:5 NIVPsalm 32:5 NLT Psalm 32:5 ESV Psalm 32:5 NASB Psalm 32:5 KJV Psalm 32:5 BibleApps.com Psalm 32:5 Biblia Paralela Psalm 32:5 Chinese Bible Psalm 32:5 French Bible Psalm 32:5 Catholic Bible OT Poetry: Psalm 32:5 I acknowledged my sin to you (Psalm Ps Psa.) |