Verse 8
8. Thou hast set our iniquities before thee Thou hast called up our sins for judgment. “God sets transgressions before him, when, because the measure is full and forgiveness inadmissible, he makes them an object of punishment.” Delitzsch.
Our secret sins Sins of the heart, as distinct from overt acts; or, sins committed under cover from human eyes, as Numbers 5:12-13; or, sins of ignorance. Leviticus 4:22-35; Psalms 19:12.
In the light of thy countenance In the luminary of thy face. The word rendered “light,” in the common version, is luminary, that which causes light a luminous body. The difference between diffused light and a luminous body is given Genesis 1:3; Genesis 1:14. “Countenance,” in the text, is simply in opposition with luminary. The figure represents God’s “countenance” as a burning sun, into which no human eye can steadily look, and our secret sins are detected by it.
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