“For I will declare mine iniquity; I will be sorry for my sin.”
The psalmist declares 'I confess my iniquity; I am full of anxiety because of my sin.' The explicit confession of sin and the acknowledgment of anxiety because of transgression indicate that the psalmist has reached the point of full recognition and admission. The confession suggests a movement from resistance to acceptance of the connection between sin and suffering. This verse marks the turning point toward repentance.
Church Fathers on Psalms 38:18
A psalm to David himself, on the remembrance of the Sabbath. 1. What does this recollection of the Sabbath mean? What is this Sabbath? For it is with groaning that he “calls it to recollection.” You have both heard already when the Psalm was read, and you will now hear it when we shall go over it, how great is his groaning, his mourning, his tears, his misery. But happy he who is wretched after this manner! Whence the Lord also in the Gospel Matthew 5:4 called some who mourn…
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