King James Version
Psalms 19:12 in the King James Version says “Who can understand his errors? cleanse thou me from secret faults.” — study this verse from Psalms chapter 19 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Who can understand his errors? cleanse thou me from secret faults.”
Psalms 19:12 · KJV
More to be desired are they than gold, yea, than much fine gold: sweeter also than honey and the honeycomb . the honeycomb: Heb. the dropping of honeycombs
Moreover by them is thy servant warned: and in keeping of them there is great reward.
Who can understand his errors? cleanse thou me from secret faults.
Keep back thy servant also from presumptuous sins; let them not have dominion over me: then shall I be upright, and I shall be innocent from the great transgression. the great: or, much
Let the words of my mouth, and the meditation of my heart, be acceptable in thy sight, O LORD, my strength, and my redeemer. strength: Heb. rock
KJV Study — Public Domain
who? (occasionally, by a peculiar idiom, of things); also (indefinitely) whoever; often used in oblique construction with prefix or suffix
“Who can understand”
H995to separate mentally (or distinguish), i.e., (generally) understand
“cleanse”
H5352to be (or make) clean (literally or figuratively); by implication (in an adverse sense) to be bare, i.e., extirpated
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