Psalms 69:5

You know my folly, O God, and my guilt is not hidden from You.

Berean Standard Bible

Study note

Setting — The psalmist addresses God while facing enemies who outnumber him and demand restitution for crimes he did not commit. The words — יָ֭דַעְתָּ (Ya.da'.ta) means "you know," and נִכְחָֽדוּ (nikh.Cha.du) means "they are hidden." The thread — The assertion that God perceives hidden human conduct appears in Psalms 38:9, Jeremiah 16:17, and Psalms 17:3. Why it lands — The text states that God fully perceives the speaker's moral error and culpability, which requires a reader to cease self-deception and submit to divine scrutiny.

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The Hebrew words

אֱֽלֹהִ֗ים'elo.HimO God אַתָּ֣ה'a.Tahyou יָ֭דַעְתָּYa.da'.tayou know לְאִוַּלְתִּ֑יle./'i.val.T/i<to>/ folly/ my וְ֝אַשְׁמוֹתַ֗יve./'ash.mo.Ta/iand/ guilt<s>/ my מִמְּךָ֥mi.me./Khafrom/ you לֹא־lo'-not נִכְחָֽדוּ׃nikh.Cha.duthey are hidden

King James Version

O God, thou knowest my foolishness; and my sins are not hid from thee.

Cross-references

Psalms 38:9 O Lord, my every desire is before You; my groaning is not hidden from You.
Jeremiah 16:17 For My eyes are on all their ways. They are not hidden from My face, and their guilt is not concealed from My eyes.
Psalms 17:3 You have tried my heart; You have visited me in the night. You have tested me and found no evil; I have resolved not to sin with my mouth.
Psalms 19:12 Who can discern his own errors? Cleanse me from my hidden faults.
Psalms 38:5 My wounds are foul and festering because of my sinful folly.
Psalms 44:20 If we had forgotten the name of our God or spread out our hands to a foreign god,