Study it in the app“My sin I made known to you, and my iniquity I did not cover; I said, “I will confess my transgressions to YHWH,” and you took away the iniquity of my sin. Selah.”
While he kept silent it weighed on him; when he confessed, God took away his guiltTurning back to GodDavid confesses and God removes the guiltForgiveness
My sinחַטָּאתִיI made known to you,אוֹדִיעֲךָand my iniquityוַעֲוֺנִיI did notלֹאcover;כִסִּיתִיI said,אָמַרְתִּי“I will confessאוֹדֶהmy transgressionsעֲלֵי פְשָׁעַיto YHWH,”לַיהוָהand youוְאַתָּהtook awayנָשָׂאתָthe iniquityעֲוֺןof my sin.חַטָּאתִיSelah.סֶלָה
sin
Failing God, not doing what he asks.
Where else “chatati” appearsmake known
To make someone aware, teach.
Where else “odia” appearsiniquity
A serious wrong.
Where else “avoni” appearsconceal
To keep something secret, or forgive a wrong.
Where else “chisiti” appearssay
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “amarti” appearsconfess
To own aloud before God and others one's own sins.
Where else “ode” appearstransgression
A serious wrong against someone: rebellion, transgression.
Where else “feshaa” appearsYHWH
The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.
Where else “yhva” appearsforgive
To take away someone's sin, forgive.
Where else “nasata” appearsSelah
Selah: a word found at the end of some stanzas of the psalms. It is probably a direction for the music or a pause; its exact sense is unknown, so it is left in Hebrew.
Where else “sela” appears4For day and night your hand was heavy upon me; my vigor was turned into the droughts of summer. Selah.
5 · This verse (above)
6For this every faithful one will pray to you in the time of finding; surely in the flood of many waters, to him they will not reach.
