Psalms 38:18

“For I will declare mine iniquity, etc.] 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” f545 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 <470710>2 Corinthians 7:10,11).”

“Consciousness of sin makes suffering pungent, and suffering, rightly received, leads to confession.”

“For I will declare mine iniquity - That is, he was not disposed to hide his sin. He would make no concealment of the fact that he regarded himself as a sinner. He admitted this to be true, and he admitted that his sin was the cause of all his troubles. It was the fact that he was a sinner that so painfully affected his mind; and he was not disposed to attempt to conceal it from anyone. I will be sorry for my sin - I will not deny it; I will not apologize for it. I admit the truth of what my conscience charges on me; I admit the correctness and the propriety of the divine judgment by which I have been affiicted on account of my sin; I desire to repent of all my transgressions, and to turn…”

“Declare - To thee. Psalms 38:19”

“For: Psa 32:5, Psa 51:3; Job 31:33, Job 33:27; Pro 28:13 sorry: Co2 7:7-11 Psalms 38:19”