KJV King James 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.
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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.
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BSB 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
WEB 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.
ASV 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
YLT 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.
Surrounding context — Psalm 32
2 Blessed [is] the man unto whom the LORD imputeth not iniquity, and in whose spirit [there is] no guile.
3 When I kept silence, my bones waxed old through my roaring all the day long.
4 For day and night thy hand was heavy upon me: my moisture is turned into the drought of summer. Selah.
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.
6 For this shall every one that is godly pray unto thee in a time when thou mayest be found: surely in the floods of great waters they shall not come nigh unto him.
7 Thou [art] my hiding place; thou shalt preserve me from trouble; thou shalt compass me about with songs of deliverance. Selah.
8 I will instruct thee and teach thee in the way which thou shalt go: I will guide thee with mine eye.
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
חַטָּאתִ֨יH2403 · chat.ta.ahsinאוֹדִ֪יעֲךָ֡H3045 · ya.dato knowוַעֲוֹ֘נִ֤יH5771 · a.vaniniquity: crimeלֹֽא־H3808 · lonotכִסִּ֗יתִיH3680 · ka.sahto coverאָמַ֗רְתִּיH559 · a.marto sayאוֹדֶ֤הH3034 · ya.dahto give thanksעֲלֵ֣יH5921 · aluponפְ֭שָׁעַיH6588 · pe.sahtransgressionלַיהוָ֑הH3068 · ye.ho.vahLORDוְאַתָּ֨הH859 · at.tahyou(m.s.)נָ֘שָׂ֤אתָH5375 · na.sato lift: raiseעֲוֹ֖ןH5771 · a.vaniniquity: crimeחַטָּאתִ֣יH2403 · chat.ta.ahsinסֶֽלָה׃H5542 · se.lahSelah
Cross-references
Proverbs 28:13He that covereth his sins shall not prosper: but whoso confesseth and forsaketh [them] shall have mercy.2 Samuel 12:13And David said unto Nathan, I have sinned against the LORD. And Nathan said unto David, The LORD also hath put away thy sin; thou shalt not die.Psalm 51:3-5For I acknowledge my transgressions: and my sin [is] ever before me.Psalm 38:18For I will declare mine iniquity; I will be sorry for my sin.Psalm 30:5For his anger [endureth but] a moment; in his favour [is] life: weeping may endure for a night, but joy [cometh] in the morning.Isaiah 65:24And it shall come to pass, that before they call, I will answer; and while they are yet speaking, I will hear.Psalm 103:12As far as the east is from the west, [so] far hath he removed our transgressions from us.1 John 1:8-10If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.Hosea 6:1Come, 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 7:47Wherefore I say unto thee, Her sins, which are many, are forgiven; for she loved much: but to whom little is forgiven, [the same] loveth little.2 Samuel 24:10And David’s heart smote him after that he had numbered the people. And David said unto the LORD, I have sinned greatly in that I have done: and now, I beseech thee, O LORD, take away the iniquity of thy servant; for I have done very foolishly.Job 33:27He looketh upon men, and [if any] say, I have sinned, and perverted [that which was] right, and it profited me not;Psalm 86:15But thou, O Lord, [art] a God full of compassion, and gracious, longsuffering, and plenteous in mercy and truth.Joshua 7:19And Joshua said unto Achan, My son, give, I pray thee, glory to the LORD God of Israel, and make confession unto him; and tell me now what thou hast done; hide [it] not from me.Ephesians 4:32And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ’s sake hath forgiven you.2 Samuel 12:9Wherefore 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.Jeremiah 3:13Only acknowledge thine iniquity, that thou hast transgressed against the LORD thy God, and hast scattered thy ways to the strangers under every green tree, and ye have not obeyed my voice, saith the LORD.Psalm 103:3Who forgiveth all thine iniquities; who healeth all thy diseases;
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