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Psalms 130:3
3If You, Lord, should keep an account of our sins and treat us accordingly, O Lord, who could stand [before you in judgment and claim innocence]?
Psalms 130:3 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)If thou, Lord, shouldest mark iniquities, O Lord, who shall stand?
- New International Version (NIV)If you, Lord, kept a record of sins, Lord, who could stand?
- English Standard Version (ESV)If you, O Lord, should mark iniquities, O Lord, who could stand?
- New King James Version (NKJV)If You, Lord, should mark iniquities, O Lord, who could stand?
Context of Psalms 130:3
1Out of the depths [of distress] I have cried to You, O Lord. 2Lord, hear my voice! Let Your ears be attentive To the voice of my supplications. If You, Lord, should keep an account of our sins and treat us accordingly, O Lord, who could stand [before you in judgment and claim innocence]? 4But there is forgiveness with You, That You may be feared and worshiped [with submissive wonder]. 5I wait [patiently] for the Lord, my soul [expectantly] waits, And in His word do I hope.
Read all of Psalms 130Psalms 130:3 word by word
אִם־עֲוֹנ֥וֹת תִּשְׁמָר־יָ֑הּ אֲ֝דֹנָ֗י מִ֣י יַעֲמֹֽד׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Psalms 130:3
- Psalms 143:2And do not enter into judgment with Your servant, For in Your sight no man living is righteous or justified.
- Job 9:2“Yes, I know it is true. But how can a mortal man be right before God?
- Job 10:14If I sin, then You would take note and observe me, And You would not acquit me of my guilt.
- Job 15:14What is man, that he should be pure and clean, Or he who is born of a woman, that he should be righteous and just?
- Isaiah 53:6All of us like sheep have gone astray, We have turned, each one, to his own way; But the Lord has caused the wickedness of us all [our sin, our injustice, our wrongdoing] To fall on Him [instead of us].
- John 8:7However, when they persisted in questioning Him, He straightened up and said, “He who is without [any] sin among you, let him be the first to throw a stone at her.”
- Romans 3:20For no person will be justified [freed of guilt and declared righteous] in His sight by [trying to do] the works of the Law. For through the Law we become conscious of sin [and the recognition of sin directs us toward repentance, but provides no remedy for sin].
Commentaries on Psalms 130:3
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 3If thou, Lord, shouldest mark iniquities - If thou shouldst observe, note, attend to, regard all the evil that I have done. The Hebrew word means properly to keep, to watch, to guard. The word, as used here, refers to that kind of vigilance or watchfulness which one is expected to manifest who is on guard; who keeps watch in a city or camp by night. The idea is, If God should thus look with a scrutinizing eye; if he should try to see all that he could…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 3The psalmist knows that his sins make him guilty and deserving of God’s judgment.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 33. shouldest mark--or, "take strict account" (Job 10:14; 14:16), implying a confession of the existence of sin. who shall stand--(Psa 1:6). Standing is opposed to the guilty sinking down in fear and self-condemnation (Mal 3:2; Re 6:15, 16). The question implies a negative, which is thus more strongly stated.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Psalms 130
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- The Treasury of David
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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