We have sinned with our fathers, we have committed iniquity, we have done wickedly.
We have sinned with our fathers, we have committed iniquity, we have done wickedly. The same three verbs occur in the same order and connection in the prayer of Solomon at the dedication of the temple (1 Kings 8:47), from which our psalm derived this formula; also in the contemporaneous prayer, Daniel 9:5. The words, "with our fathers," express that the Jews in the Psalmist's day, with their fathers, formed together one corrupt mass. They followed their fathers, and so partook in their guilt. The terms, "sinned ... committed iniquity ... done wickedly," form a climax-Hebrew, chaaTaa' (H2400), `aawen (H5753), resha` (H7562): sinful error, iniquity, impious wickedness (Psalms 1:1).