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You have set our iniquities before you, Our secret sins in the light of your presence.
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Nothing is Hidden from God
Commentators explain that this verse is a confession of God's total awareness. He sees not only our outward actions but our "secret sins"—the hidden thoughts, forgotten faults, and concealed motives of the heart. The "light of His countenance" is not a sign of favor here, but a metaphor for His perfect, revealing knowledge that exposes all hypocrisy and serves as the just basis for His judgment.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
You have set our iniquities before you - You have arrayed them, or brought them forth to view, as a “reason” in your mind for cutti…
19th Century
Anglican
Our secret sins. —Or, to keep the singular of the original, our secret (character).
The expressio…
Baptist
You have set our iniquities before you, our secret sins in the light of your countenance.
And what was the result of that but that …
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16th Century
Protestant
You have set our iniquities before you. To show that by this complaint he is far from intending to murmur against God, he asserts that the…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
You have set our sins before you The cause of all trouble, consumption, and death; these are before the Lord, as the…
The afflictions of the saints often come from God's love; but the rebukes of sinners, and of believers for their sins, must be seen coming from the…
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