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He sings before men, and says, `I have sinned, and perverted that which was right, And it didn`t profit me.
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A Model for Confession
Commentators highlight this verse as a powerful template for true repentance. It involves three key admissions: confessing the fact of sin ('I have sinned'), acknowledging the fault of sin ('I have perverted that which was right'), and admitting the folly of sin ('it profited me not'). This honest self-assessment is the foundation for receiving God's mercy.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
He looks upon men - Margin, “or, he shall look upon men, and say, I have sinned.” Umbreit renders this, Nun singt er jubelnd zu den Menschen…
19th Century
Anglican
He looks upon men, and if any say— Rather, He looks upon men, and says, I have sinned, etc.: that is the confession of th…
Baptist
His flesh shall be fresher than a child's: he shall return to the days of his youth: He shall pray unto God, and he will be favourable unto him…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
He looketh upon men According to our version, and other interpreters, the sense is, God looks upon men as he does on…
Job complained of his diseases and concluded from them that God was angry with him; his friends did so too. But Elihu shows that God often afflicts…
13th Century
Catholic
Elihu has already proposed the things he intended to debate with Job. Since Job, before he spoke the words Elihu cited (Job 33:10–11), …
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