New International Version But who can discern their own errors? Forgive my hidden faults. New Living Translation How can I know all the sins lurking in my heart? Cleanse me from these hidden faults. English Standard Version Who can discern his errors? Declare me innocent from hidden faults. Berean Standard Bible Who can discern his own errors? Cleanse me from my hidden faults. Berean Literal Bible Who can discern his errors? From the hidden cleanse me. King James Bible Who can understand his errors? cleanse thou me from secret faults. New King James Version Who can understand his errors? Cleanse me from secret faults. New American Standard Bible Who can discern his errors? Acquit me of hidden faults. NASB 1995 Who can discern his errors? Acquit me of hidden faults. NASB 1977 Who can discern his errors? Acquit me of hidden faults. Legacy Standard Bible Who can discern his errors? Acquit me of hidden faults. Amplified Bible Who can understand his errors or omissions? Acquit me of hidden (unconscious, unintended) faults. Berean Annotated Bible Who can discern his own errors? Cleanse me from my hidden faults. Christian Standard Bible Who perceives his unintentional sins? Cleanse me from my hidden faults. Holman Christian Standard Bible Who perceives his unintentional sins? Cleanse me from my hidden faults. American Standard Version Who can discern his errors? Clear thou me from hidden faults. Contemporary English Version None of us know our faults. Forgive me when I sin without knowing it. English Revised Version Who can discern his errors? clear thou me from hidden faults. GOD'S WORD® Translation Who can notice every mistake? Forgive my hidden faults. Good News Translation None of us can see our own errors; deliver me, LORD, from hidden faults! International Standard Version Who can detect his own mistake? Cleanse me from hidden sin. NET Bible Who can know all his errors? Please do not punish me for sins I am unaware of. New Heart English Bible Who can discern his errors? Forgive me from hidden errors. Webster's Bible Translation Who can understand his errors? cleanse thou me from secret faults. Majority Text Translations Majority Standard BibleWho can discern his own errors? Cleanse me from my hidden faults. World English Bible Who can discern his errors? Forgive me from hidden errors. Literal Translations Literal Standard Version[His] errors—who understands? Declare me innocent from hidden ones, Berean Literal Bible Who can discern his errors? From the hidden cleanse me. Young's Literal Translation Errors! who doth understand? From hidden ones declare me innocent, Smith's Literal Translation Who will understand errors? acquit me from hidden things. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleWho can understand sins? from my secret ones cleanse me, O Lord: Catholic Public Domain Version New American Bible Who can detect trespasses? Cleanse me from my inadvertent sins. New Revised Standard Version But who can detect their errors? Clear me from hidden faults. Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleWho can understand stumblings? Cleanse thou me from secret faults. Peshitta Holy Bible Translated Who understands offenses? Acquit me from secret sins. OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917Who can discern his errors? Clear Thou me from hidden faults. Brenton Septuagint Translation Who will understand his transgressions? purge thou me from my secret sins. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible (Voice ▾ Musical ▾) Context The Heavens Declare the Glory of God…11By them indeed Your servant is warned; in keeping them is great reward. 12Who can discern his own errors? Cleanse me from my hidden faults. 13Keep Your servant also from willful sins; may they not rule over me. Then I will be blameless and cleansed of great transgression.… Cross References Who can discern his own errors? Job 13:23 How many are my iniquities and sins? Reveal to me my transgression and sin. Proverbs 20:9 Who can say, “I have kept my heart pure; I am cleansed from my sin”? 1 John 1:8 If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. Cleanse me from my hidden faults. Psalm 90:8 You have set our iniquities before You, our secret sins in the light of Your presence. Psalm 139:23-24 Search me, O God, and know my heart; test me and know my concerns. / See if there is any offensive way in me; lead me in the way everlasting. 1 John 1:9 If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. Romans 7:15-20 I do not understand what I do. For what I want to do, I do not do. But what I hate, I do. / And if I do what I do not want to do, I admit that the law is good. / In that case, it is no longer I who do it, but it is sin living in me that does it. … James 3:2 We all stumble in many ways. If anyone is never at fault in what he says, he is a perfect man, able to control his whole body. Jeremiah 17:9 The heart is deceitful above all things and beyond cure. Who can understand it? Romans 3:23 for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, Hebrews 4:12-13 For the word of God is living and active. Sharper than any double-edged sword, it pierces even to dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow. It judges the thoughts and intentions of the heart. / Nothing in all creation is hidden from God’s sight; everything is uncovered and exposed before the eyes of Him to whom we must give account. Matthew 6:12 And forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors. 1 Corinthians 4:4 My conscience is clear, but that does not vindicate me. It is the Lord who judges me. Job 9:20-21 Even if I were righteous, my mouth would condemn me; if I were blameless, it would declare me guilty. / Though I am blameless, I have no concern for myself; I despise my own life. Luke 11:4 And forgive us our sins, for we also forgive everyone who sins against us. And lead us not into temptation.’” 1 Kings 8:46 When they sin against You—for there is no one who does not sin—and You become angry with them and deliver them to an enemy who takes them as captives to his own land, whether far or near, Treasury of Scripture Who can understand his errors? cleanse you me from secret faults. can Psalm 40:12 For innumerable evils have compassed me about: mine iniquities have taken hold upon me, so that I am not able to look up; they are more than the hairs of mine head: therefore my heart faileth me. Job 6:24 Teach me, and I will hold my tongue: and cause me to understand wherein I have erred. Isaiah 64:6 But we are all as an unclean thing, and all our righteousnesses are as filthy rags; and we all do fade as a leaf; and our iniquities, like the wind, have taken us away. cleanse Psalm 51:5-10 Behold, I was shapen in iniquity; and in sin did my mother conceive me… Psalm 65:3 Iniquities prevail against me: as for our transgressions, thou shalt purge them away. 1 John 1:7 But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin. secret Psalm 90:8 Thou hast set our iniquities before thee, our secret sins in the light of thy countenance. Psalm 139:2,23,24 Thou knowest my downsitting and mine uprising, thou understandest my thought afar off… Leviticus 4:2 Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, If a soul shall sin through ignorance against any of the commandments of the LORD concerning things which ought not to be done, and shall do against any of them: Jump to Previous Acquit Clean Cleanse Clear Declare Discern Errors Evil Faults Forgive Full Hidden Innocent Ones Purify Secret Understand UnderstandethJump to Next Acquit Clean Cleanse Clear Declare Discern Errors Evil Faults Forgive Full Hidden Innocent Ones Purify Secret Understand UnderstandethPsalm 19 1. The creatures show God's glory7. The excellence of the divine law 12. David prays for grace Who can discern his own errors? Human judgment is limited, and even the faithful may fail to recognize sinful attitudes, motives, and actions in their lives. The question expresses humility before God, who alone sees the heart fully and judges with perfect knowledge. Job 13:23 How many are my iniquities and sins? Reveal to me… Cleanse me from my hidden faults. David asks God to forgive and remove sins concealed from his own awareness. Such cleansing depends on God’s mercy, restoring the worshiper to fellowship with Him and guarding against guilt that ignorance cannot erase. Psa 90:8 You have set our iniquities before You, our secret sins… Persons / Places / Events 1. DavidThe author of Psalm 19, King David, is traditionally understood to have written this psalm. He was the second king of Israel and a man after God's own heart, known for his deep relationship with God and his poetic contributions to the Bible. 2. Israel The nation to which David belonged and over which he reigned. Israel is the context in which the psalm was written, reflecting the spiritual and cultural milieu of the time. 3. God The central figure in the psalm, God is portrayed as the Creator and the one who reveals Himself through His creation and His law. Teaching Points The Limitations of Self-PerceptionHumans have a limited ability to recognize their own sins and errors. This verse acknowledges our need for divine insight to truly understand our faults. The Need for Divine Cleansing The plea for cleansing from hidden faults underscores the necessity of God's intervention in our sanctification process. We must rely on God to purify us from sins we are unaware of. The Role of Humility in Spiritual Growth Recognizing our inability to discern all our errors requires humility. This humility is essential for spiritual growth and a deeper relationship with God. The Importance of Regular Self-Examination While we rely on God to reveal hidden sins, regular self-examination and prayer for insight are crucial practices for maintaining spiritual health. The Assurance of Forgiveness The request for cleansing is rooted in the assurance that God is willing and able to forgive and purify us, encouraging believers to approach Him with confidence. Bible Study Questions and Answers 1. What is the meaning of Psalm 19:12?2. How can we discern our "errors" as mentioned in Psalm 19:12? 3. What steps can we take to be "cleansed from hidden faults"? 4. How does Psalm 19:12 connect with 1 John 1:9 about confession? 5. Why is it important to seek God's help in recognizing hidden sins? 6. How can regular prayer help reveal and cleanse hidden faults in us? 7. How does Psalm 19:12 address the concept of hidden sins in our lives? 8. What does Psalm 19:12 suggest about human self-awareness and sin? 9. How does Psalm 19:12 relate to the need for divine forgiveness? 10. What are the top 10 Lessons from Psalm 19? (12) His eulogium on the Law was not Pharisaic or formal, for the poet instantly gives expression to his sense of his own inability to keep it. If before we were reminded of St. Paul's, "The law is holy, and the commandment holy, and just, and good," (Romans 7:12), his own spiritual experience, contained in the same chapter, is here recalled: "For the good that I would I do not: but the evil that I would not, that I do." Who can understand.--In the original the abruptness of the question is very marked and significant. Errors who marks? From unconscious ones clear me, i.e., pronounce me innocent, not cleanse, as in Authorised Version. Verses 12-14. - A consideration of the Law cannot but raise the thought of transgression. Man "had not known sin but by the Law" (Romans 7:7), and he cannot contemplate the Law without being reminded of possible disobedience to it. The psalmist's thoughts are led in this direction, and he ends with an earnest prayer against "secret sins" (ver. 12), against "presumptuous sins" (ver. 13), and against sins of word and thought (ver. 14), addressed to "God his Strength [or, 'his Rock'] and his Redeemer." Verse 12. - Who can understand his errors? rather, who can discern (or, perceive) his errors? i.e. all of them. Who will not overlook some, try as he may to search out his heart? Cleanse thou me from secret faults. Those which are hidden from me, which I cannot discern. Psalm 19:12 joins honest humility with bold faith. We admit we cannot fully diagnose our own hearts, so we ask the God who sees everything to reveal and remove even the sins we cannot yet name. He gladly does so through His Word, His Spirit, and the cleansing blood of Jesus, leading us into deeper fellowship and freedom.Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew Whoמִֽי־ (mî-) Interrogative Strong's 4310: Who?, whoever, in oblique construction with prefix, suffix can discern יָבִ֑ין (yā·ḇîn) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 995: To separate mentally, understand his own errors? שְׁגִיא֥וֹת (šə·ḡî·’ō·wṯ) Noun - feminine plural Strong's 7691: A moral mistake Cleanse me נַקֵּֽנִי׃ (naq·qê·nî) Verb - Piel - Imperative - masculine singular | first person common singular Strong's 5352: To be, clean, to be bare, extirpated from my hidden faults. מִֽנִּסְתָּר֥וֹת (min·nis·tā·rō·wṯ) Preposition-m | Verb - Nifal - Participle - feminine plural Strong's 5641: To hide, conceal Additonal Resources Psalm 19:12 Blue Letter BiblePsalm 19:12 Bible Gateway Psalm 19:12 Bible.com Psalm 19:12 NIV |
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