Today we begin worship with:
Who can discern his errors? Declare me innocent from hidden faults. Keep back your servant also from presumptuous sins; let them not have dominion over me! Then I shall be blameless, and innocent of great transgression.
In the Psalm, David declares the Law perfect:
The law of the Lord is perfect,reviving the soul;the testimony of the Lord is sure,making wise the simple;
But as he contemplates its perfection realizes his own imperfections, even down to "hidden faults". Who can "discern" (bîn) these hidden faults? The Psalmist can only hope and pray for forgiveness.
And for those sins that themselves are "presumptuous" (zēḏ), David personifies them as taskmasters having dominion over him. From those he asks God to be freed.
We are not alone in the battle with sin. God is not simply a judge, but also a fellow soldier in the battle.
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