For I acknowledge my transgressions - literally, I know, or make known. That is, he knew that he was a sinner, and he did not seek …

For I. —There is an emphatic pronoun in the first clause that we can preserve, while also noting the difference between the genera…

Have mercy upon me, O God, according to your lovingkindness: according unto the multitude of your tender mercies blot out my transgressions. Wa…

For I know my sins. He now reveals his reason for imploring pardon with such vehemence: namely, the painful distress his sins caused him, …

For I acknowledge my transgre ions
Before God and man. Acknowledgment of sin is what the Lord requires, and promises…

David, being convinced of his sin, poured out his soul to God in prayer for mercy and grace. Where should backsliding children return, but to the L…

1. In the preceding psalms of this group of ten, the psalmist seemed to discu matters that pertain to the state of the kingdom, whose glory …