The Pulpit Commentary on Psalms 19:12-14

The Pulpit Commentary · Joseph S. Exell and contributors · Public domain

A consideration of the Law cannot but raise the thought of transgression. Man "had not known sin but by the Law" (Romans 7:7), 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" (Psalms 19:12), against "presumptuous sins" (Psalms 19:13), and against sins of word and thought (Psalms 19:14), addressed to "God his Strength [or, 'his Rock'] and his Redeemer."

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