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.
Jesus told His disciples to pray that they would not be lead into temptation but would be delivered from evil. That is part of the Lord’s Prayer - which is an outline on how we are to pray. In the above text we read the King David had a similar outline for praying. He prays to be kept from “hidden” sins and from “presumptuous” sins. We understand the concept of “hidden” sins. Those are sins we don’t even realize we are doing. We can think of them time that David wanted to number the people of Israel and his commander, Joab, did not want to do it. Joab saw it as the sin of pride. That was “hidden” from David and needed to be pointed out to him. We all have “hidden” sins that we don’t quickly or readily identify.
We all, also, have “presumptuous” sins. This Hebrew word is a word that means “arrogant” or “insolent” sins. These are sins we know we are sinning but we don’t want to stop. This is King David committing adultery with Bathsheba. This is when we are told to forgive someone for their wrong against us and we say we can’t. We deliberately disobey God out of our own will and defiance. We do not honor God because we want to honor ourselves.
In both cases David asks for God’s deliverance. David knows that he cannot overcome hidden sins or presumptuous sins. He must have God’s mercy and grace to be rescued from their power and danger in his life. It is only through showing God’s grace can he then proclaim he is blameless and innocent. Only God can protect us from these sins that separate us from Him. We need His mercy each day. That is the point of David’s song/poem/prayer. Deliver us from hidden and presumptuous sins!
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