Psalm 90:8
New International Version
You have set our iniquities before you, our secret sins in the light of your presence.

New Living Translation
You spread out our sins before you— our secret sins—and you see them all.

English Standard Version
You have set our iniquities before you, our secret sins in the light of your presence.

Berean Standard Bible
You have set our iniquities before You, our secret sins in the light of Your presence.

King James Bible
Thou hast set our iniquities before thee, our secret sins in the light of thy countenance.

New King James Version
You have set our iniquities before You, Our secret sins in the light of Your countenance.

New American Standard Bible
You have placed our guilty deeds before You, Our hidden sins in the light of Your presence.

NASB 1995
You have placed our iniquities before You, Our secret sins in the light of Your presence.

NASB 1977
Thou hast placed our iniquities before Thee, Our secret sins in the light of Thy presence.

Legacy Standard Bible
You have set our iniquities before You, Our secret sins in the light of Your presence.

Amplified Bible
You have placed our wickedness before you, Our secret sins [which we tried to conceal, You have placed] in the [revealing] light of Your presence.

Christian Standard Bible
You have set our iniquities before you, our secret sins in the light of your presence.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
You have set our unjust ways before You, our secret sins in the light of Your presence.

American Standard Version
Thou hast set our iniquities before thee, Our secret sins in the light of thy countenance.

Contemporary English Version
and you know all our sins, even those we do in secret.

English Revised Version
Thou hast set our iniquities before thee, our secret sins in the light of thy countenance.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
You have set our sins in front of you. You have put our secret sins in the light of your presence.

Good News Translation
You place our sins before you, our secret sins where you can see them.

International Standard Version
You have set our iniquities before you, what we have concealed in the light of your presence.

Majority Standard Bible
You have set our iniquities before You, our secret sins in the light of Your presence.

NET Bible
You are aware of our sins; you even know about our hidden sins.

New Heart English Bible
You have set our iniquities before you, our secret sins in the light of your presence.

Webster's Bible Translation
Thou hast set our iniquities before thee, our secret sins in the light of thy countenance.

World English Bible
You have set our iniquities before you, our secret sins in the light of your presence.
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
You have set our iniquities before You, "" Our hidden things at the light of Your face,

Young's Literal Translation
Thou hast set our iniquities before Thee, Our hidden things at the light of Thy face,

Smith's Literal Translation
Thou didst set our iniquities before thee, our hidden things before the light of thy face.
Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
Thou hast set our iniquities before thy eyes: our life in the light of thy countenance.

Catholic Public Domain Version
You have placed our iniquities in your sight, our age in the illumination of your countenance.

New American Bible
You have kept our faults before you, our hidden sins in the light of your face.

New Revised Standard Version
You have set our iniquities before you, our secret sins in the light of your countenance.
Translations from Aramaic
Lamsa Bible
Thou hast set our iniquities before thee, the sins of our youth in the light of thy countenance.

Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
You have set our sins before you, our lifetimes in the light of your face.
OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
Thou hast set our iniquities before Thee, Our secret sins in the light of Thy countenance.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
Thou hast set our transgressions before thee: our age is in the light of thy countenance.

Additional Translations ...
Audio Bible



Context
I Will Sing of His Love Forever
7For we are consumed by Your anger and terrified by Your wrath. 8You have set our iniquities before You, our secret sins in the light of Your presence. 9For all our days decline in Your fury; we finish our years with a sigh.…

Cross References
Hebrews 4:13
Nothing in all creation is hidden from God’s sight; everything is uncovered and exposed before the eyes of Him to whom we must give account.

Ecclesiastes 12:14
For God will bring every deed into judgment, along with every hidden thing, whether good or evil.

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.

Job 34:21-22
For His eyes are on the ways of a man, and He sees his every step. / There is no darkness or deep shadow where the workers of iniquity can hide.

Luke 12:2-3
There is nothing concealed that will not be disclosed, and nothing hidden that will not be made known. / What you have spoken in the dark will be heard in the daylight, and what you have whispered in the inner rooms will be proclaimed from the housetops.

1 Corinthians 4:5
Therefore judge nothing before the appointed time; wait until the Lord comes. He will bring to light what is hidden in darkness and will expose the motives of men’s hearts. At that time each will receive his praise from God.

Proverbs 15:3
The eyes of the LORD are in every place, observing the evil and the good.

Romans 2:16
on the day when God will judge men’s secrets through Christ Jesus, as proclaimed by my gospel.

Job 31:4
Does He not see my ways and count my every step?

Matthew 10:26
So do not be afraid of them. For there is nothing concealed that will not be disclosed, and nothing hidden that will not be made known.

1 John 3:20
Even if our hearts condemn us, God is greater than our hearts, and He knows all things.

Jeremiah 23:24
“Can a man hide in secret places where I cannot see him?” declares the LORD. “Do I not fill the heavens and the earth?” declares the LORD.

Psalm 139:11-12
If I say, “Surely the darkness will hide me, and the light become night around me”— / even the darkness is not dark to You, but the night shines like the day, for darkness is as light to You.

Isaiah 29:15
Woe to those who dig deep to hide their plans from the LORD. In darkness they do their works and say, “Who sees us, and who will know?”

Amos 9:2-3
Though they dig down to Sheol, from there My hand will take them; and though they climb up to heaven, from there I will pull them down. / Though they hide themselves atop Carmel, there I will track them and seize them; and though they hide from Me at the bottom of the sea, there I will command the serpent to bite them.


Treasury of Scripture

You have set our iniquities before you, our secret sins in the light of your countenance.

thou

Psalm 10:11
He hath said in his heart, God hath forgotten: he hideth his face; he will never see it.

Psalm 50:21
These things hast thou done, and I kept silence; thou thoughtest that I was altogether such an one as thyself: but I will reprove thee, and set them in order before thine eyes.

Psalm 139:1-4
To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. O LORD, thou hast searched me, and known me

our

Psalm 19:12
Who can understand his errors? cleanse thou me from secret faults.

Proverbs 5:21
For the ways of man are before the eyes of the LORD, and he pondereth all his goings.

Ecclesiastes 12:14
For God shall bring every work into judgment, with every secret thing, whether it be good, or whether it be evil.

in the

Psalm 80:16
It is burned with fire, it is cut down: they perish at the rebuke of thy countenance.

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Psalm 90
1. Moses, setting forth God's providence
3. Complains of human fragility
7. Divine chastisement
10. and brevity of life
12. He prays for the knowledge and sensible experience of God's good providence.














You have set our iniquities before You
This phrase acknowledges God's omniscience and His awareness of human sin. Iniquities refer to moral wrongdoings or sins, and the idea of them being set before God suggests that nothing is hidden from Him. This aligns with the biblical theme of God's justice and righteousness, as seen in passages like Job 34:21, which states that God’s eyes are on the ways of man. The historical context of this psalm, attributed to Moses, reflects the Israelites' awareness of their sins during their wilderness journey, as recorded in the Pentateuch. Theologically, this phrase underscores the need for repentance and the acknowledgment of sin before a holy God.

our secret sins in the light of Your presence
This part of the verse highlights the concept that even sins hidden from others are exposed before God. The "light of Your presence" suggests God's purity and holiness, which illuminates and reveals all things. This is consistent with the biblical theme found in Hebrews 4:13, where it is stated that nothing in all creation is hidden from God’s sight. The cultural context of ancient Israel placed a strong emphasis on community and public confession, yet this phrase emphasizes personal accountability before God. Theologically, it points to the need for inner purity and sincerity, as Jesus taught in the Sermon on the Mount (Matthew 5:8). The light metaphor is also a type of Christ, who is described as the Light of the World in John 8:12, bringing truth and revelation.

Persons / Places / Events
1. Moses
Traditionally attributed as the author of Psalm 90, Moses is a central figure in the Old Testament, known for leading the Israelites out of Egypt and receiving the Ten Commandments from God.

2. Israelites
The people of Israel, whom Moses led through the wilderness. Their journey and struggles with sin and obedience are a backdrop to the themes in Psalm 90.

3. God's Presence
The omnipresent and omniscient nature of God, who sees all things, including the hidden sins of humanity.
Teaching Points
God's Omniscience
God sees all aspects of our lives, including our hidden sins. This should lead us to live transparently and honestly before Him.

The Seriousness of Sin
Sin, whether public or secret, is serious in the eyes of God. We must acknowledge and repent of our sins, understanding their impact on our relationship with Him.

The Light of God's Presence
God's presence illuminates our lives, revealing areas that need change. We should invite His light to guide us toward holiness.

The Call to Repentance
Recognizing our sins should lead us to repentance. God’s awareness of our iniquities is an invitation to seek His forgiveness and grace.

Living in Accountability
Knowing that God sees all should encourage us to live accountable lives, seeking to align our actions with His will.(8) Our secret sins.--Or, to keep the singular of the original, our secret (character).

The expression, "light of God's countenance," usually means "favour." But here the word rendered light is not the usual one employed in that expression, but rather means a body of light: "the sun (or eye) of Thy countenance." Comp.:

"Then Seeva opened on the accursed one

His eye of anger."

SOUTHEY: Curse of Kehama,

Verse 8. - Thou hast set our iniquities before thee. Instead of hiding his face from their iniquities, turning away from them and overlooking them, God has placed them steadily "before him," in the full searching and scorching light of his own purity and holiness. And not only has he done this with the sins which they know of, and whereof their consciences are afraid; but he has set their secret sins also in the light of his countenance. (On man's "secret sins," comp. Psalm 19:12, and the comment ad loc.)

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
You have set
שַׁתָּ֣ה (šat·tāh)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person masculine singular
Strong's 7896: To put, set

our iniquities
עֲוֺנֹתֵ֣ינוּ (‘ă·wō·nō·ṯê·nū)
Noun - common plural construct | first person common plural
Strong's 5771: Iniquity, guilt, punishment for iniquity

before You,
לְנֶגְדֶּ֑ךָ (lə·neḡ·de·ḵā)
Preposition-l | second person masculine singular
Strong's 5048: A front, part opposite, a counterpart, mate, over against, before

our secret [sins]
עֲ֝לֻמֵ֗נוּ (‘ă·lu·mê·nū)
Verb - Qal - QalPassParticiple - masculine singular construct | first person common plural
Strong's 5956: To veil from sight, conceal

in the light
לִמְא֥וֹר (lim·’ō·wr)
Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 3974: A luminous body, luminary, light, brightness, cheerfulness, a chandelier

of Your presence.
פָּנֶֽיךָ׃ (pā·ne·ḵā)
Noun - common plural construct | second person masculine singular
Strong's 6440: The face


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