Iniquities prevail against me: as for our transgressions, thou shalt purge them away.
Iniquities prevail against me - literally 'matters of iniquities ' (Psalms 105:27 margin) Even in thanksgivings the Iniquities prevail against me - literally, 'matters of iniquities,' (Psalms 105:27, margin) Even in thanksgivings the people of God must remember their sins. They here virtually say, We are unworthy to approach thee in prayer: our iniquities are such that we cannot avert or endure their consequences (Psalms 38:4; Psalms 40:12; Psalms 130:3-4), when, lo! thou of thyself dost come forward to save us.
As for our transgressions, thou shalt purge them away. The Hebrew implies, 'thou shalt cover them with the atonement' х kaapar (H3722)]. The greatness of our sin magnifies the riches of thy grace (Romans 5:20). The transition from the singular, "me," to the plural, "our," shows that in the former clause the whole people speak as one man.