Salmos 19

Salmos 19:7-14

Pink explains that… Part of that reward is deliverance from being deceived by the false appearances of things, from forming erroneous estimates, from pursuing a foolish policy. Part of that reward is acquiring wisdom so that we choose what is good, act prudently, and follow those paths which lead to righteousness, peace, and joy. He who treasures the divine precepts in his heart, and diligently seeks to walk by their rule, will escape those evils which destroy his fellows. (The Attributes of God) Now the extent the young Christian does use the Holy Scriptures in a practical way, regulating his thoughts, desires, and actions by their warnings and encouragements, their prohibitions and precepts, will very largely determine the measure in which he will enjoy God's blessing on his life. As the moral Governor of this world, God takes note of our conduct, and sooner or later manifests His displeasure against our sins, and His approval of a righteous walk, by granting that measure of prosperity which is most for our good and His glory. In the keeping of His commandments "there is great reward" (Psalm 19:11), in this life (1Ti 4:8-note). (Practical Godliness) Keeping God's Word results in increased understanding of the Word and Will of God… If any man is willing to do His will, he shall know of the teaching, whether it is of God, or whether I speak from Myself. (Jn 7:17) Comment: Know refers to experimental knowledge from willingness to do God's will. We don't really know the Bible unless we obey the Bible. We won't really know God's will unless we are willing to obey God's will. Paul's prayer in Col 1:10 (note) reiterates the truth that as we obey, not only will we bear fruit but we will also increase in the knowledge of God. Our hunger for the Word of God will be in direct proportion to our obedience to the Word of God. See related resource: See study on the Bema (Judgment) Seat of Christ - 2 Corinthians 5:10 Other Cross references on "rewards": Lk 6:23 Mt5:12 Mk 9:41 Mt 10:42, Heb11:26 Mt5:46 Lk 6:35, 2Jn8,1Co3:15, Mt10:42 cp. Mt25:35,40; Heb6:10 There is peace in obedience (1Sa 15:23). When your conscience is convicting you, there is no place to hide, and you are miserable. When you have done right, then you can be at peace no matter the circumstances (Note: One meaning of "blessed" is fully satisfied independent of the circumstances!) And so… godliness is profitable for all things, since it holds promise for the present life and also for the life to come. (1Ti 4:8-note). Jesus mentions rewards nine times in the Sermon on the Mount. The parables of the talents and minas show that there will be rewards in heaven for faithful service. Paul talks about eternal rewards in 1Co 3:11, 12, 13, 14, 15 and Col 3:23, 24, 25. Psalm 19:12 WHO CAN DISCERN HIS ERRORS? ACQUIT ME OF HIDDEN FAULTS. Can: Ps 40:12 Job 6:24 Isa 64:6 1Co 4:4 Heb 9:7 Acquit: Ps 51:5-10 65:3 1Jn 1:7 Hidden: Ps 90:8 139:2,23,24 Lev 4:2-35 Jer 17:9 Your heart and conscience cannot guide, For they're deceived by sin inside; But if you want to see what's true, The Word of God will mirror you. —Hess Greek Septuagint (LXX): NOTE: The NT passages are NOT cross references but passages what use the preceding Greek word paraptomata (deviation from living according to what has been revealed as the right way to live false step, sin, transgression; used of serious offenses against both God Ep 1.7 and man Mt 6.15) ti (which one?) sunesei (literally = bring together - ability to comprehend thoroughly, perceive clearly, gain insight into) ek ton kruphion (kruphios - hidden, secret) mou katharison (katharizo) (aorist imperative: cleansing for sacred use; of moral and religious purity, as from sin and guilty conscience cleanse, make pure, make acceptable to God 1Jn1.7) me Brenton's Translation of the Septuagint: Who will understand his transgressions? purge thou me from my secret sins. Who can discern - This is clearly a rhetorical question. No one can see all his own mistakes. How can I know all the sins lurking in my heart? Who can notice every mistake seen as seen by the perfect "vision" of the thrice holy God? Remember that the Bible is a mirror that lets us see ourselves as God sees us (cp Jas 1:23, 24-note, Jas 1:25-note) Adam Clarke… It is not possible, without much of the Divine light, to understand all our deviations from, not only the letter, but the spirituality (the "spirit"), of the Divine law. Frequent self-examination, and walking in the light, are essentially necessary to the requisite degree of spiritual perfection. Discern (0995)(biyn; Lxx = suniemi [word study]) refers to understanding, insight (discernment is a closely related idea). Biyn is not merely accumulating data but is a superior knowledge that includes the idea of distinguishing between good and evil which leads to understanding (1Ki 3:9). Webster says to discern is to see the difference between two or more things. HOW TO USE INFORMATION WISELY. We perceive through our senses (Job 6:30; Ps. 58:9; Pr. 7:7; 29:19). As Jesus noted in Mt 13:13, it is possible to hear without perceiving (Pr 29:7; Da 12:8). Moral understanding can be a gift from God (Da 1:17). We can pray for it (Ps. 119:34), and God can choose to reveal it or not (Isa 29:14). The SEAT for this ethical insight is our heart (Pr 28:5). (See related discussion of discernment in notes on Hebrews 5:14) Thomas Watson writing of the godly man says… He weeps for indwelling sin, the law in his members (Ro 7:23), the outbursts and first risings of sin. His nature is a poisoned fountain. A regenerate person grieves that he carries with him, that which is enmity to God! His heart is like a wide sea in which there are innumerable creeping things (Ps104:25)—vain, sinful thoughts. A child of God laments hidden wickedness; he has more evil in him than he knows of. There are those windings in his heart which he cannot trace—an unknown world of sin. "Who can understand his errors?" (Ps 19:12). (The Godly Mans Picture) Errors (07691) (segiyah; Lxx = paraptoma [word study]) a sin committed through inadvertence and error. It refers to a wrong which is not committed willfully or intentionally, but because of either ignorance or inattention. Webster says that "error" is a wandering or deviation from the truth (God's Word is the Word of Truth - 2Co 6:7, Col 1:5, 2Ti 2:15, Jas 1:18). "Error may be voluntary, or involuntary. Voluntary, when men neglect or pervert the proper means to inform the mind; involuntary, when the means of judging correctly are not in their power. An error committed through carelessness or haste is a blunder." (1828 Webster) William Law… Every step which strays from the strict path of perfect love is error. Who can count up these countless deviations! They far exceed the ocean's sands. They may be hidden from man's eye, but all are patent to omniscient scrutiny. Let the thought drive us to the all-atoning blood, and prompt the earnest prayer, Cleanse me, O Jesus, cleanse. (Psalm 19 - Exposition) William S Plumer (1864) agrees with David that… No man can understand his errors. Psalm 19:12. The growth of iniquity is like the diffusion of leaven. It is very rapid, and soon changes the whole lump. The more full the consent of the soul to any sin, the more defiled it is. This command clearly settles the point that the seat of the divine government in man is the human heart. When that is right, all is right. When that is wrong, all is wrong. (Ten Commandments) Spurgeon… Who can understand his errors? A question which is its own answer. It rather requires a note of exclamation than of interrogation. By the law is the knowledge of sin, and in the presence of divine truth, the psalmist marvels at the number and heinousness of his sins. He best knows himself who best knows the Word, but even such an one will be in a maze of wonder as to what he does not know, rather than on the mount of congratulation as to what he does know. We have heard of a comedy of errors, but to a good man this is more like a tragedy. Many books have a few lines of errata at the end, but our errata might well be as large as the volume if we could but have sense enough to see them. Augustine wrote in his older days a series of Retractations; ours might make a library if we had enough grace to be convinced of our mistakes and to confess them. (Ps 19:12 Treasury of David) Thomas Brooks writes… All Christians have their secret sins. Secret not only from other men—but from himself! It is but natural for every man to err, and then to be ignorant of his errors. Every man's sins are beyond his understanding. There is not the best, the wisest, nor the holiest man in the world—who can give a full and entire list of his sins. "Who can understand his errors? Cleanse me from secret faults." Psalm 19:12 "Who can understand his errors?" This interrogation has the force of an affirmation: "Who can?" No man! No, not the most perfect and innocent man in the world! O friends! who can reckon up … the secret sinful imaginations, the secret sinful inclinations, the secret pride, the secret blasphemies, the secret hypocrisies, the secret atheistical risings, the secret murmurings, the secret repinings, the secret discontents, the secret insolencies, the secret filthinesses, the secret unbelievings, which God might every day charge upon his soul? Should the best and holiest man on earth have but his secret sins written on his forehead, it would not only put him to a crimson blush—but it would make him pull his hat over his eyes, or cover his face with a double scarf! (Privy key of heaven) Mark Guy Pearse… The world wants men who are saved from secret faults. The world can put on an outside goodness and go very far in uprightness and morality, and it expects that a Christian shall go beyond it, and be free from secret faults. A little crack will spoil the ring of the coin … The world expects, and rightly, that the Christian should be more gentle, and patient, and generous, than he who does not profess to be a disciple of the Lord Jesus. For the sake of those who take their notion of religion from our lives, we need to put up this prayer earnestly, “Cleanse thou me from secret faults.” (Thoughts for the Quiet Hour. Chicago: Revell, 1990) Acquit (piel imperative) (05352)(naqah; Lxx = katharizo [word study]) originally meant to be emptied and in this context means to cleanse or make pure from moral impurity (sin and guilty conscience) and thus make me acceptable to God as in 1Jn1:7, 8, 9. (See Job 34:32) Other translations of naqah = acquit: Clear me (Amp, NRSV), Make me clean (BBE), Declare me innocent (ESV, YLT), Cleanse me (Holman Christian Standard Bible, KJV, NAB, NKJV, NLT), Wash away (NJB) John