My Sins Are Not Hid From Thee (Psalm 69:5)

King David was inspired by the Holy Spirit to write many psalms, some of which are classified by Bible scholars as messianic, meaning that David spoke both of himself literally and of the Lord Jesus Christ typically and prophetically. Psalm 69 is a messianic psalm. When we read verses like Psalm 69:5, which says, “O God, Thou knowest my foolishness; and my sins are not hid from Thee,” we can easily see how such language applies to David as a sinner saved by the grace of God in Christ.


Like all true believers, David confessed that he in himself was a foolish man who had no wisdom but Christ and the Word of God in Christ. He confessed that, even as justified by God based on the imputed righteousness of Jesus Christ and though not charged with his sin by God (cf. Psalm 32:1-2; Rom. 4:6-8; 8:33-34), in himself he was still a sinful man. He knew his sins were not hidden from God’s view (2 Sam. 12:9; Psalm 51:4). 

But how could these words in any way apply to our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ Who in Himself was (and is) the sinlessly perfect Godman Who did not sin and knew no sin? The answer can only be found within the context of Holy Scripture which reveals from the beginning that God the Son, the second Person of the Trinity, was appointed in the everlasting covenant of grace by God the Father to be the Surety, Substitute, and Redeemer of His chosen people, having their sins imputed (charged, accounted) to Him, and to die in their place to satisfy the justice of God for them. 

As one writer stated, “David might truly say this, but not our Lord, unless he refers to our sins imputed and laid to His charge. He was made to be sin for us (2 Cor. 5:21)” (Henry Mahan, With New Testament Eyes, Vol. 2, page 43). Foolishness can never be applied to Christ Himself, for He is Himself the very Wisdom of God (Prov. 8:22-36). But it is true that sinful men charged Him with foolishness, and He bore the foolishness of all the sins of His people on the cross (1 Cor. 1:21-27). 

Jesus Christ was never made to be a sinner, and He was never corrupted or contaminated with the sins of His people, but He bore in Himself all the guilt and punishment of all the sins of His people imputed to Him. This is how He Himself could truly and rightfully say, “MY sins are not hid from Thee.” Our sins became His sins by imputation. 

—preacher Bill Parker



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