Psalms 32:5 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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Chapter 32

⁵I 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 the iniquity of my sin. Selah.

Psalms 32:5 —

Old words in this verse

selah: — a pause or musical mark (meaning uncertain).

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Original word meaning

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Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Proverbs 28:13
He that covereth his sins shall not prosper: but whoso confesseth and forsaketh them shall have mercy.
2 Samuel 12:13
And David said unto Nathan, I have sinned against the LORD. And Nathan said unto David, The LORD also hath put away thy sin; thou shalt not die.
Psalms 51:3-5
For I acknowledge my transgressions: and my sin is ever before me. …
Psalms 38:18
For I will declare mine iniquity; I will be sorry for my sin.
Isaiah 65:24
And it shall come to pass, that before they call, I will answer; and while they are yet speaking, I will hear.

Topics

Afflictions and Adversities Atheism Attributes of God Backsliders Blessing Contrition Conviction Depravity of Man

Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 1-6)

This psalm is entitled Maschil, which some take to be only the name of the tune to which it was set and was to be sung. But others think it is significant; our margin reads it, A psalm of David giving instruction, and there is nothing in which we have more need of instruction than in the nature of true blessedness, wherein it consists and the way that leads to it—what we must do that we may be hap…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 5)

5. A prompt fulfilment of the purposed confession is followed by a prompt forgiveness.