Contradictions and Paradoxes in Psalms 40:12

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Psalms 40:12 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Psalms 40:12. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to David, the writer of this psalm, he's feeling very sad and overwhelmed because he's made a lot of mistakes, and it feels like they're too many to count. Just like if you had so many things go wrong that you felt you couldn't even look up, it makes him feel really heavy in his heart.

Psalms 40:12: For innumerable evils have compassed me about: mine iniquities have taken hold upon me, so that I am not able to look up; they are more than the hairs of mine head: therefore my heart faileth me. [falleth: Heb. forsaketh]

Contradiction with Ezekiel 18:20

Psalms 40:12 discusses the multitude of personal sins causing distress, whereas Ezekiel 18:20 states that individuals are responsible for their own sins, suggesting no inherited or transferred guilt.

Ezekiel 18:20: The soul that sinneth, it shall die. The son shall not bear the iniquity of the father, neither shall the father bear the iniquity of the son: the righteousness of the righteous shall be upon him, and the wickedness of the wicked shall be upon him.

Contradiction with Romans 8:1

Psalms 40:12 presents an overwhelming sense of guilt and iniquity, while Romans 8:1 declares that there is no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.

Romans 8:1: [There is] therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.

Contradiction with Isaiah 1:18

Psalms 40:12 focuses on being encompassed by sins, whereas Isaiah 1:18 offers the promise that sins, though abundant and tangible, can be cleansed and made white as snow.

Isaiah 1:18: Come now, and let us reason together, saith the LORD: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool.

Contradiction with 1 John 1:9

Psalms 40:12 conveys an overpowering burden of sins, yet 1 John 1:9 assures that if we confess our sins, God is faithful to forgive and cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

1 John 1:9: If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us [our] sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

Contradiction with 2 Corinthians 5:17

Psalms 40:12 expresses a struggle with iniquities, whereas 2 Corinthians 5:17 describes those in Christ as new creations where old things have passed away, including sins.

2 Corinthians 5:17: Therefore if any man [be] in Christ, [he is] a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new. [he is: or, let him be]

Contradiction with Jeremiah 31:34

Psalms 40:12 highlights the feeling of sins as innumerable, yet Jeremiah 31:34 promises that God will forgive iniquity and remember sins no more.

Jeremiah 31:34: And they shall teach no more every man his neighbour, and every man his brother, saying, Know the LORD: for they shall all know me, from the least of them unto the greatest of them, saith the LORD: for I will forgive their iniquity, and I will remember their sin no more.
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