Psalms 19:12 (KJV)

Passage

Who can understand his errors? cleanse thou me from secret faults.

Nearby Context

Psalms 19:10 More to be desired are they than gold, yea, than much fine gold: sweeter also than honey and the honeycomb.

Psalms 19:11 Moreover by them is thy servant warned: and in keeping of them there is great reward.

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

Psalms 19:13 Keep back thy servant also from presumptuous sins; let them not have dominion over me: then shall I be upright, and I shall be innocent from the great transgression.

Psalms 19:14 Let the words of my mouth, and the meditation of my heart, be acceptable in thy sight, O LORD, my strength, and my redeemer.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "understand", "errors", "cleanse", "thou", "secret", and "faults". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "understand" and "errors", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 11's "Moreover by them is thy servant warned..." into verse 13's "Keep back thy servant also from presumptuous...", so "understand" and "errors" belong inside that flow. In Psalms context, the local focus is worship, trust, the LORD's kingship, and covenant mercy.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "understand" and "errors" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.