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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.
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The Turning Point of Confession
Commentators unanimously agree that the turning point from the psalmist's inner torment to peace was his decision to stop hiding his sin. While concealment brought anguish and a feeling of God's heavy hand, the act of honest confession immediately lifted the burden and brought relief.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
I acknowledged my sin unto thee - That is, then I confessed my guilt. I had borne the dreadful pressure as long as I could. I had tried to c…
19th Century
Anglican
I acknowledged. —The fact that this verb is future, as is “I will confess” in the next clause, as well as the requirements of the …
Baptist
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 t…
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16th Century
Protestant
I have acknowledged my sin unto thee. The prophet now describes the outcome of his misery, in order to show to all the accessible way of o…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
I acknowledged my sin unto thee The sin of Adam, in which he was concerned; original sin, the corruption of your nat…
It is very difficult to bring sinful man humbly to accept free mercy, with a full confession of his sins and self-condemnation. But the true and on…
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13th Century
Catholic
1. Here begins the fourth set of ten psalms from the first fifty.
Just as the first ten contained psalms about the persecution by Absa…
