Psalms 19:12

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

Who can know all his errors? Please do not punish me for sins I am unaware of.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

גַּֽם־עַ֭בְדְּךָ נִזְהָ֣ר בָּהֶ֑ם בְּ֝שָׁמְרָ֗ם עֵ֣קֶב רָֽב׃

Transliteration

Also-ʿaḇdəḵā nizhār in-them in-šāmrām ʿēqeḇ great

Grammar Details

• *ʿaḇdəḵā*: noun, masculine, singular with 2ms suffix - your servant
• *nizhār*: verb, niphal participle, masculine, singular - warned/enlightened
• *šāmrām*: verb, qal infinitive construct with 3mp suffix - keeping them
• *ʿēqeḇ*: noun, masculine, singular, absolute - reward/consequence

Word Meanings

• *ʿaḇdəḵā*: your servant
• *nizhār*: warned/instructed/enlightened/admonished
• *šāmrām*: keeping them/observing them/guarding them
• *ʿēqeḇ*: reward/consequence/result/outcome

Referenced Verses

• Ps 90:8 : 8 You are aware of our sins; you even know about our hidden sins.
• Ps 139:23-24 : 23 Examine me, O God, and probe my thoughts! Test me, and know my concerns! 24 See if there is any idolatrous way in me, and lead me in the everlasting way!
• Jer 17:9 : 9 The human mind is more deceitful than anything else. It is incurably bad. Who can understand it?
• 1 Cor 4:4 : 4 For I am not aware of anything against myself, but I am not acquitted because of this. The one who judges me is the Lord.
• 1 John 1:7 : 7 But if we walk in the light as he himself is in the light, we have fellowship with one another and the blood of Jesus his Son cleanses us from all sin.
• Ps 40:12 : 12 For innumerable dangers surround me. My sins overtake me so I am unable to see; they outnumber the hairs of my head so my strength fails me.
• Ps 51:2 : 2 Wash away my wrongdoing! Cleanse me of my sin!
• Ps 51:5-9 : 5 Look, I was guilty of sin from birth, a sinner the moment my mother conceived me. 6 Look, you desire integrity in the inner man; you want me to possess wisdom. 7 Cleanse me with hyssop and I will be pure; wash me and I will be whiter than snow. 8 Grant me the ultimate joy of being forgiven! May the bones you crushed rejoice! 9 Hide your face from my sins! Wipe away all my guilt! 10 Create for me a pure heart, O God! Renew a resolute spirit within me!
• Ps 65:3 : 3 Our record of sins overwhelms me, but you forgive our acts of rebellion.
• Ps 139:2 : 2 You know when I sit down and when I get up; even from far away you understand my motives.
• Ps 139:6 : 6 Your knowledge is beyond my comprehension; it is so far beyond me, I am unable to fathom it.
• Lev 4:2-9 : 2 “Tell the Israelites,‘When a person sins by straying unintentionally from any of the LORD’s commandments which must not be violated, and violates any one of them– 3 For the Priest“‘If the high priest sins so that the people are guilty, on account of the sin he has committed he must present a flawless young bull to the LORD for a sin offering. 4 He must bring the bull to the entrance of the Meeting Tent before the LORD, lay his hand on the head of the bull, and slaughter the bull before the LORD. 5 Then that high priest must take some of the blood of the bull and bring it to the Meeting Tent. 6 The priest must dip his finger in the blood and sprinkle some of it seven times before the LORD toward the front of the special curtain of the sanctuary. 7 The priest must put some of the blood on the horns of the altar of fragrant incense that is before the LORD in the Meeting Tent, and all the rest of the bull’s blood he must pour out at the base of the altar of burnt offering that is at the entrance of the Meeting Tent. 8 “‘Then he must take up all the fat from the sin offering bull: the fat covering the entrails and all the fat surrounding the entrails, 9 the two kidneys with the fat on their sinews, and the protruding lobe on the liver(which he is to remove along with the kidneys) 10 – just as it is taken from the ox of the peace offering sacrifice– and the priest must offer them up in smoke on the altar of burnt offering. 11 But the hide of the bull, all its flesh along with its head and its legs, its entrails, and its dung– 12 all the rest of the bull– he must bring outside the camp to a ceremonially clean place, to the fatty ash pile, and he must burn it on a wood fire; it must be burned on the fatty ash pile. 13 For the Whole Congregation“‘If the whole congregation of Israel strays unintentionally and the matter is not noticed by the assembly, and they violate one of the LORD’s commandments, which must not be violated, so they become guilty, 14 the assembly must present a young bull for a sin offering when the sin they have committed becomes known. They must bring it before the Meeting Tent, 15 the elders of the congregation must lay their hands on the head of the bull before the LORD, and someone must slaughter the bull before the LORD. 16 Then the high priest must bring some of the blood of the bull to the Meeting Tent, 17 and that priest must dip his finger in the blood and sprinkle some of the blood seven times before the LORD toward the front of the curtain. 18 He must put some of the blood on the horns of the altar which is before the LORD in the Meeting Tent, and all the rest of the blood he must pour out at the base of the altar of burnt offering that is at the entrance of the Meeting Tent. 19 “‘Then the priest must take all its fat and offer the fat up in smoke on the altar. 20 He must do with the rest of the bull just as he did with the bull of the sin offering; this is what he must do with it. So the priest will make atonement on their behalf and they will be forgiven. 21 He must bring the rest of the bull outside the camp and burn it just as he burned the first bull– it is the sin offering of the assembly. 22 For the Leader“‘Whenever a leader, by straying unintentionally, sins and violates one of the commandments of the LORD his God which must not be violated, and he pleads guilty, 23 or his sin that he committed is made known to him, he must bring a flawless male goat as his offering. 24 He must lay his hand on the head of the male goat and slaughter it in the place where the burnt offering is slaughtered before the LORD– it is a sin offering. 25 Then the priest must take some of the blood of the sin offering with his finger and put it on the horns of the altar of burnt offering, and he must pour out the rest of its blood at the base of the altar of burnt offering. 26 Then the priest must offer all of its fat up in smoke on the altar like the fat of the peace offering sacrifice. So the priest will make atonement on his behalf for his sin and he will be forgiven. 27 For the Common Person“‘If an ordinary individual sins by straying unintentionally when he violates one of the LORD’s commandments which must not be violated, and he pleads guilty 28 or his sin that he committed is made known to him, he must bring a flawless female goat as his offering for the sin that he committed. 29 He must lay his hand on the head of the sin offering and slaughter the sin offering in the place where the burnt offering is slaughtered. 30 Then the priest must take some of its blood with his finger and put it on the horns of the altar of burnt offering, and he must pour out all the rest of its blood at the base of the altar. 31 Then he must remove all of its fat(just as fat was removed from the peace offering sacrifice) and the priest must offer it up in smoke on the altar for a soothing aroma to the LORD. So the priest will make atonement on his behalf and he will be forgiven. 32 “‘But if he brings a sheep as his offering, for a sin offering, he must bring a flawless female. 33 He must lay his hand on the head of the sin offering and slaughter it for a sin offering in the place where the burnt offering is slaughtered. 34 Then the priest must take some of the blood of the sin offering with his finger and put it on the horns of the altar of burnt offering, and he must pour out all the rest of its blood at the base of the altar. 35 Then the one who brought the offering must remove all its fat(just as the fat of the sheep is removed from the peace offering sacrifice) and the priest must offer them up in smoke on the altar on top of the other gifts of the LORD. So the priest will make atonement on his behalf for his sin which he has committed and he will be forgiven.
• Job 6:24 : 24 No Sin Discovered“Teach me and I, for my part, will be silent; explain to me how I have been mistaken.
• Heb 9:7 : 7 But only the high priest enters once a year into the inner tent, and not without blood that he offers for himself and for the sins of the people committed in ignorance.
• Isa 64:6 : 6 We are all like one who is unclean, all our so-called righteous acts are like a menstrual rag in your sight. We all wither like a leaf; our sins carry us away like the wind.