My transgression is sealed up in a bag, and thou sewest up mine iniquity.
The saying belongs to a setting in which God watches over a person and counts every step, and in that setting it portrays Him as preserving a record of wrongdoing. Transgression is pictured as placed in a pouch and closed with a seal, kept in storage rather than forgotten or discarded. Iniquity is pictured as stitched closed, fastened shut so that it remains secured.
The sealing carries the same sense as Israel's sins being laid up and sealed among divine treasures, reserved and held back until the time of judgment and repayment.
The saying belongs to a setting in which God watches over a person and counts every step, and in that setting it portrays Him as preserving a record of wrongdoing. Transgression is pictured as placed in a pouch and closed with a seal, kept in storage rather than forgotten or discarded. Iniquity is pictured as stitched closed, fastened shut so that it remains secured.
The sealing carries the same sense as Israel's sins being laid up and sealed among divine treasures, reserved and held back until the time of judgment and repayment.