“So now, teach me,\par and I will be quiet.\par Show me what I have done wrong.\par
Psalm 19:12 - Easy To Read Version \{Lord,\} no person can see all of his own mistakes.\par So don’t let me do secret sins.\par Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Who can understand his errors? Cleanse thou me from secret faults. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Who can discern his lapses and errors? Clear me from hidden [and unconscious] faults. American Standard Version (1901) Who can discern his errors? Clear thou me from hidden faults. Common English Bible But can anyone know what they’ve accidentally done wrong? Clear me of any unknown sin |
“So now, teach me,\par and I will be quiet.\par Show me what I have done wrong.\par
You know when I sit down\par and when I get up.\par You know my thoughts from far away.\par
I am amazed at what you know.\par It is too much for me to understand.\par
Evil people have gathered around me.\par They are too many to count!\par My sins have caught me,\par and I can’t escape them.\par They are more than the hairs on my head.\par I have lost my courage.\par
God, scrub away my guilt.\par Wash away my sins,\par Make me clean again!\par
When our sins become too heavy for us,\par you take away those sins.\par
You know about all our sins.\par You see every one of our secret sins.\par
The Lord said to Moses, “Come to me on the mountain. I have written my teachings and laws on two flat stones. These teachings and laws are for the people. I will give these flat stones to you.”
If a person refuses to listen when other people try to help him, then he will bring trouble to himself. But the person who respects the things other people tell him, will be rewarded.
We are all dirty with sin.\par Even our good works \{are not pure\}.\par They are like blood-stained rags.\par We are all like dead leaves.\par Our sins have carried us away like wind.\par
“A person’s mind is very tricky!\par The mind can be very sick,\par and no person truly understands it.\par
I don’t know of any wrong that I have done. But that does not make me innocent (without guilt). The Lord is the One who judges me.
I only wanted to change their way of thinking—I wanted them to respect me and obey all my commands from the heart! Then everything would be fine with them and with their descendants [33] forever.
“So, you people must be careful to do all the things the Lord commanded you. Don’t stop following God!
But only the high priest {\cf2\super [100]} could go into the second room. And the high priest went into that room only once a year. And the high priest could never enter that room without taking blood with him. The priest offered that blood to God for himself and for the people’s sins. Those sins were the sins the people did without knowing that they were sinning.
God is in the light (goodness). We should live in the light, too. If we live in the light, then we share fellowship with each other. And when we live in the light, the blood (death) of Jesus cleanses us from all sin. (Jesus is God’s Son.)