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Forgive my hidden faults.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/psalms/19.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />How can I know all the sins lurking in my heart? Cleanse me from these hidden faults.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/psalms/19.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />Who can discern his errors? Declare me innocent from hidden faults.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/psalms/19.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />Who can discern his own errors? Cleanse me from my hidden faults.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/psalms/19.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />Who can understand <i>his</i> errors? cleanse thou me from secret <i>faults</i>.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/psalms/19.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />Who can understand <i>his</i> errors? Cleanse me from secret <i>faults.</i><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/psalms/19.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />Who can discern <i>his</i> errors? Acquit me of hidden <i>faults.</i><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/psalms/19.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />Who can discern his errors? Acquit me of hidden faults.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/psalms/19.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />Who can discern <i>his</i> errors? Acquit me of hidden <i>faults.</i><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/psalms/19.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />Who can discern <i>his</i> errors? Acquit me of hidden <i>faults</i>.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/psalms/19.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />Who can understand his errors <i>or</i> omissions? Acquit me of hidden (unconscious, unintended) <i>faults</i>.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/psalms/19.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Who perceives his unintentional sins? Cleanse me from my hidden faults.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/psalms/19.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Who perceives his unintentional sins? Cleanse me from my hidden faults. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/psalms/19.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />Who can discern his errors? Clear thou me from hidden faults.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/psalms/19.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />None of us know our faults. Forgive me when I sin without knowing it. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/psalms/19.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />Who can discern his errors? clear thou me from hidden faults.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/psalms/19.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />Who can notice every mistake? Forgive my hidden faults.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/psalms/19.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />None of us can see our own errors; deliver me, LORD, from hidden faults! <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/psalms/19.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />Who can detect his own mistake? Cleanse me from hidden sin.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/psalms/19.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />Who can discern his own errors? Cleanse me from my hidden faults.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/psalms/19.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />Who can know all his errors? Please do not punish me for sins I am unaware of. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/psalms/19.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />Who can discern his errors? Forgive me from hidden errors.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/psalms/19.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />Who can understand his errors? cleanse thou me from secret faults.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/psalms/19.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />Who can discern his errors? Forgive me from hidden errors. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/psalms/19.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />[His] errors—who understands? Declare me innocent from hidden ones,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/psalms/19.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> Errors! who doth understand? From hidden ones declare me innocent,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/psalms/19.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />Who will understand errors? acquit me from hidden things.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/psalms/19.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />Who can understand sins? from my secret ones cleanse me, O Lord: <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/psalms/19.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br /><V 18:13>Who can understand transgression? From my hidden faults, cleanse me, O Lord,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/psalms/19.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />Who can detect trespasses? Cleanse me from my inadvertent sins. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/psalms/19.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />But who can detect their errors? Clear me from hidden faults.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/psalms/19.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />Who can understand stumblings? Cleanse thou me from secret faults.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/psalms/19.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />Who understands offenses? Acquit me from secret sins.<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/psalms/19.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />Who can discern his errors? Clear Thou me from hidden faults.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/psalms/19.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />Who will understand <i>his</i> transgressions? purge thou me from my secret <i>sins</i>.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/psalms/19-12.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/nFaD2oDhKPc?start=1948" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/psalms/19.htm">The Heavens Declare the Glory of God</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">11</span>By them indeed Your servant is warned; in keeping them is great reward. <span class="reftext">12</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/4310.htm" title="4310: mî- (Interrog) -- An interrogative pronoun of persons, as mah is of things, who?; also whoever; often used in oblique construction with prefix or suffix.">Who</a> <a href="/hebrew/995.htm" title="995: yā·ḇîn (V-Qal-Imperf-3ms) -- To discern. A primitive root; to separate mentally, i.e.(generally) understand.">can discern</a> <a href="/hebrew/7691.htm" title="7691: šə·ḡî·’ō·wṯ (N-fp) -- Error. From shagah; a moral mistake.">his own errors?</a> <a href="/hebrew/5352.htm" title="5352: naq·qê·nî (V-Piel-Imp-ms:: 1cs) -- To be empty or clean. A primitive root; to be clean; by implication to be bare, i.e. Extirpated.">Cleanse me</a> <a href="/hebrew/5641.htm" title="5641: min·nis·tā·rō·wṯ (Prep-m:: V-Nifal-Prtcpl-fp) -- To hide, conceal. A primitive root; to hide, literally or figuratively.">from my hidden faults.</a> </span><span class="reftext">13</span>Keep Your servant also from willful sins; may they not rule over me. Then I will be blameless and cleansed of great transgression.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_john/1-8.htm">1 John 1:8-9</a></span><br />If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. / If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/7-15.htm">Romans 7:15-20</a></span><br />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. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/james/3-2.htm">James 3:2</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/17-9.htm">Jeremiah 17:9</a></span><br />The heart is deceitful above all things and beyond cure. Who can understand it?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/proverbs/20-9.htm">Proverbs 20:9</a></span><br />Who can say, “I have kept my heart pure; I am cleansed from my sin”?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/3-23.htm">Romans 3:23</a></span><br />for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hebrews/4-12.htm">Hebrews 4:12-13</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/6-12.htm">Matthew 6:12</a></span><br />And forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_corinthians/4-4.htm">1 Corinthians 4:4</a></span><br />My conscience is clear, but that does not vindicate me. It is the Lord who judges me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/job/9-20.htm">Job 9:20-21</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/11-4.htm">Luke 11:4</a></span><br />And forgive us our sins, for we also forgive everyone who sins against us. And lead us not into temptation.’”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_kings/8-46.htm">1 Kings 8:46</a></span><br />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,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ecclesiastes/7-20.htm">Ecclesiastes 7:20</a></span><br />Surely there is no righteous man on earth who does good and never sins.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/64-6.htm">Isaiah 64:6</a></span><br />Each of us has become like something unclean, and all our righteous acts are like filthy rags; we all wither like a leaf, and our iniquities carry us away like the wind.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/7-24.htm">Romans 7:24</a></span><br />What a wretched man I am! Who will rescue me from this body of death?</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">Who can understand his errors? cleanse you me from secret faults.</p><p class="hdg">can</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/40-12.htm">Psalm 40:12</a></b></br> 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.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/job/6-24.htm">Job 6:24</a></b></br> Teach me, and I will hold my tongue: and cause me to understand wherein I have erred.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/64-6.htm">Isaiah 64:6</a></b></br> But we are all as an unclean <i>thing</i>, and all our righteousnesses <i>are</i> as filthy rags; and we all do fade as a leaf; and our iniquities, like the wind, have taken us away.</p><p class="hdg">cleanse</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/51-5.htm">Psalm 51:5-10</a></b></br> Behold, I was shapen in iniquity; and in sin did my mother conceive me… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/65-3.htm">Psalm 65:3</a></b></br> Iniquities prevail against me: <i>as for</i> our transgressions, thou shalt purge them away.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/1_john/1-7.htm">1 John 1:7</a></b></br> 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.</p><p class="hdg">secret</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/90-8.htm">Psalm 90:8</a></b></br> Thou hast set our iniquities before thee, our secret <i>sins</i> in the light of thy countenance.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/139-2.htm">Psalm 139:2,23,24</a></b></br> Thou knowest my downsitting and mine uprising, thou understandest my thought afar off… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/leviticus/4-2.htm">Leviticus 4:2</a></b></br> Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, If a soul shall sin through ignorance against any of the commandments of the LORD <i>concerning things</i> which ought not to be done, and shall do against any of them:</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/job/10-14.htm">Acquit</a> <a href="/psalms/19-9.htm">Clean</a> <a href="/job/9-30.htm">Cleanse</a> <a href="/psalms/17-7.htm">Clear</a> <a href="/psalms/19-1.htm">Declare</a> <a href="/job/38-20.htm">Discern</a> <a href="/numbers/18-23.htm">Errors</a> <a href="/psalms/18-21.htm">Evil</a> <a href="/job/10-6.htm">Faults</a> <a href="/job/7-21.htm">Forgive</a> <a href="/psalms/19-9.htm">Full</a> <a href="/psalms/19-6.htm">Hidden</a> <a href="/psalms/15-5.htm">Innocent</a> <a href="/psalms/17-14.htm">Ones</a> <a href="/job/41-25.htm">Purify</a> <a href="/psalms/18-45.htm">Secret</a> <a href="/psalms/14-2.htm">Understand</a> <a href="/job/28-23.htm">Understandeth</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/isaiah/5-23.htm">Acquit</a> <a href="/psalms/24-4.htm">Clean</a> <a href="/psalms/51-2.htm">Cleanse</a> <a href="/psalms/19-13.htm">Clear</a> <a href="/psalms/22-22.htm">Declare</a> <a href="/psalms/58-9.htm">Discern</a> <a href="/proverbs/10-12.htm">Errors</a> <a href="/psalms/21-11.htm">Evil</a> <a href="/james/5-16.htm">Faults</a> <a href="/psalms/25-11.htm">Forgive</a> <a href="/psalms/23-5.htm">Full</a> <a href="/psalms/22-24.htm">Hidden</a> <a href="/psalms/19-13.htm">Innocent</a> <a href="/psalms/19-13.htm">Ones</a> <a href="/psalms/51-7.htm">Purify</a> <a href="/psalms/25-14.htm">Secret</a> <a href="/psalms/53-2.htm">Understand</a> <a href="/psalms/41-1.htm">Understandeth</a><div class="vheading2">Psalm 19</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/psalms/19-1.htm">The creatures show God's glory</a></span><br><span class="reftext">7. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/psalms/19-7.htm">The excellence of the divine law</a></span><br><span class="reftext">12. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/psalms/19-12.htm">David prays for grace</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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The rhetorical question implies that self-awareness is limited and that humans often overlook their own faults. This aligns with the biblical theme of human fallibility, as seen in <a href="/jeremiah/17-9.htm">Jeremiah 17:9</a>, which states that the heart is deceitful above all things. The need for divine insight to reveal hidden sins is emphasized throughout Scripture, highlighting the importance of seeking God's wisdom and guidance. The phrase also reflects the humility required to admit one's limitations and the need for God's intervention.<p><b>Cleanse me from my hidden faults.</b><br>This plea for cleansing indicates a desire for purification from sins that are not immediately apparent to the individual. The concept of hidden faults suggests sins that are either unknown or unacknowledged, possibly due to ignorance or self-deception. In the cultural context of ancient Israel, purification rituals were a significant part of religious life, symbolizing the removal of impurity and the restoration of a right relationship with God. This request for cleansing can be seen as a type of Christ, who provides ultimate purification through His sacrifice, as described in 1 <a href="/john/1-7.htm">John 1:7</a>, where the blood of Jesus is said to cleanse us from all sin. The phrase underscores the necessity of divine grace and forgiveness in the process of sanctification.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/d/david.htm">David</a></b><br>The author of <a href="/bsb/psalms/19.htm">Psalm 19</a>, 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.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/i/israel.htm">Israel</a></b><br>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.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/g/god.htm">God</a></b><br>The central figure in the psalm, God is portrayed as the Creator and the one who reveals Himself through His creation and His law.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/t/the_limitations_of_self-perception.htm">The Limitations of Self-Perception</a></b><br>Humans have a limited ability to recognize their own sins and errors. This verse acknowledges our need for divine insight to truly understand our faults.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_need_for_divine_cleansing.htm">The Need for Divine Cleansing</a></b><br>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.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_role_of_humility_in_spiritual_growth.htm">The Role of Humility in Spiritual Growth</a></b><br>Recognizing our inability to discern all our errors requires humility. This humility is essential for spiritual growth and a deeper relationship with God.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_importance_of_regular_self-examination.htm">The Importance of Regular Self-Examination</a></b><br>While we rely on God to reveal hidden sins, regular self-examination and prayer for insight are crucial practices for maintaining spiritual health.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_assurance_of_forgiveness.htm">The Assurance of Forgiveness</a></b><br>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.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_psalm_19.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Psalm 19</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/can_they_be_forgiven_for_ignorance.htm">Can they be forgiven for their ignorance?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_can_paul_claim_a_clear_conscience.htm">In 1 Corinthians 4:3–4, how can Paul claim a clear conscience when unconsciously held biases could still affect his judgment? </a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_require_a_sin_offering_for_unintentional_acts.htm">In Leviticus 4:2, why would God require a sin offering for an unintentional act if it was done unknowingly? </a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/are_you_self-examining_in_faith.htm">Are you examining yourself in faith and truth?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/psalms/19.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(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," (<a href="/romans/7-12.htm" title="Why the law is holy, and the commandment holy, and just, and good.">Romans 7:12</a>), 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."<p><span class= "bld">Who can understand.</span>--In the original the abruptness of the question is very marked and significant. <span class= "ital">Errors who marks? From unconscious ones clear me, i.e., </span>pronounce me innocent, not cleanse, as in Authorised Version.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/psalms/19.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verses 12-14.</span> - A consideration of the Law cannot but raise the thought of transgression. Man "had not known sin but by the Law" (<a href="/romans/7-7.htm">Romans 7:7</a>), 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." <span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 12.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">Who can understand his errors?</span> rather, <span class="accented">who can discern</span> (or, <span class="accented">perceive</span>) <span class="accented">his errors</span>? <span class="accented">i.e.</span> all of them. Who will not overlook some, try as he may to search out his heart? <span class="cmt_word">Cleanse thou me from secret faults</span>. Those which are hidden from me, which I cannot discern. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/psalms/19-12.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">Who</span><br /><span class="heb">מִֽי־</span> <span class="translit">(mî-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Interrogative<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4310.htm">Strong's 4310: </a> </span><span class="str2">Who?, whoever, in oblique construction with prefix, suffix</span><br /><br /><span class="word">can discern</span><br /><span class="heb">יָבִ֑ין</span> <span class="translit">(yā·ḇîn)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_995.htm">Strong's 995: </a> </span><span class="str2">To separate mentally, understand</span><br /><br /><span class="word">his own errors?</span><br /><span class="heb">שְׁגִיא֥וֹת</span> <span class="translit">(šə·ḡî·’ō·wṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7691.htm">Strong's 7691: </a> </span><span class="str2">A moral mistake</span><br /><br /><span class="word">Cleanse me</span><br /><span class="heb">נַקֵּֽנִי׃</span> <span class="translit">(naq·qê·nî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Piel - Imperative - masculine singular | first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5352.htm">Strong's 5352: </a> </span><span class="str2">To be, clean, to be bare, extirpated</span><br /><br /><span class="word">from my hidden faults.</span><br /><span class="heb">מִֽנִּסְתָּר֥וֹת</span> <span class="translit">(min·nis·tā·rō·wṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-m | Verb - Nifal - Participle - feminine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5641.htm">Strong's 5641: </a> </span><span class="str2">To hide, conceal</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/psalms/19-12.htm">Psalm 19:12 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/psalms/19-12.htm">Psalm 19:12 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/psalms/19-12.htm">Psalm 19:12 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/psalms/19-12.htm">Psalm 19:12 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/psalms/19-12.htm">Psalm 19:12 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/psalms/19-12.htm">Psalm 19:12 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/psalms/19-12.htm">Psalm 19:12 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/psalms/19-12.htm">Psalm 19:12 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/psalms/19-12.htm">Psalm 19:12 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/psalms/19-12.htm">Psalm 19:12 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/psalms/19-12.htm">OT Poetry: Psalm 19:12 Who can discern his errors? 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