Psalms Chapter 69 verse 5 Holy Bible
O God, thou knowest my foolishness; And my sins are not hid from thee.
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O God, you see how foolish I am; and my wrongdoing is clear to you.
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Thou, O God, knowest my foolishness, and my trespasses are not hidden from thee.
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O God, thou knowest my foolishness; and my sins are not hid from thee.
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They that hate me without a cause are more than the hairs of my head: they that would destroy me, being my enemies wrongfully, are mighty: then I restored that which I took not away.
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God, you know my foolishness. My sins aren't hidden from you.
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O God, Thou -- Thou hast known Concerning my overturn, And my desolations from Thee have not been hid.
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerses 5-12. - David follows up his complaint by a confession of sin (ver. 5), which shows that his sufferings are, at any rate, in some measure, deserved; but, at the same time, he pleads that, as his enemies are really persecuting him for his righteous deeds and his adherence to God (vers. 74 11), God is bound to come to his aid, in order that his own honour may be vindicated, and that the godly may not be put to shame on his (David's) account. Verse 5. - O God, thou knowest my foolishness (see Psalm 38:5). According to the teaching both of the Old Testament (Proverbs, passim) and of the New (Mark 7:22; Romans 1:21, 22; Galatians 3:1, etc.), folly is a form of sin. And my sins are not hid from thee. The rebuke of Nathan and the death of his child (2 Samuel 12:7-19) had fully convinced David of this. Thenceforward his sins were ever before him (Psalm 51:3), continually confessed by him, and felt to be as well known to God as to himself. Compare the opening of Psalm 139:, "Lord, thou hast searched me, and known me. Thou knowest my downsitting and mine uprising, thou understandest my thought afar off. Thou compassest my path and my lying down, and art acquainted with all my ways. For there is not a word in my tongue, but, lo, O Lord, thou knowest it altogether" (vers. 1-4).
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(5) My foolishness.--This does not conflict with a true Messianic application of the Psalm, but is fatal to that which would see in the author not an imperfect type, but a prophetic mouthpiece of Christ.
