Psalms 25:11

Psalms 25:11 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)For thy name’s sake, O Lord, pardon mine iniquity; for it is great.
• New International Version (NIV)For the sake of your name, Lord, forgive my iniquity, though it is great.
• English Standard Version (ESV)For your name's sake, O Lord, pardon my guilt, for it is great.
• New King James Version (NKJV)For Your name’s sake, O Lord, Pardon my iniquity, for it is great.

Context of Psalms 25:11

9He leads the humble in justice, And He teaches the humble His way. 10All the paths of the Lord are lovingkindness and goodness and truth and faithfulness To those who keep His covenant and His testimonies. For Your name’s sake, O Lord, Pardon my wickedness and my guilt, for they are great. 12Who is the man who fears the Lord [with awe-inspired reverence and worships Him with submissive wonder]? He will teach him [through His word] in the way he should choose. 13His soul will dwell in prosperity and goodness, And his descendants will inherit the land.

Psalms 25:11 word by word

לְמַֽעַן־שִׁמְךָ֥ יְהוָ֑ה וְֽסָלַחְתָּ֥ לַ֝עֲוֹנִ֗י כִּ֣י רַב־הֽוּא׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• For thy name’sשֵׁםshêm · nameH8034
• sake, O Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• pardonסָלַחsâlach · to forgiveH5545
• mine iniquityעָוֺן‛âvôn ‛âvôn · iniquity: crimeH5771
• greatרַבrab · manyH7227

Cross-references for Psalms 25:11

• Psalms 31:3Yes, You are my rock and my fortress; For Your name’s sake You will lead me and guide me.
• Psalms 79:9Help us, O God of our salvation, for the glory of Your name; Rescue us, forgive us our sins for Your name’s sake.
• Psalms 109:21But You, O God, the Lord, show kindness to me, for Your name’s sake; Because Your lovingkindness (faithfulness, compassion) is good, O rescue me;
• Psalms 143:11Save my life, O Lord, for Your name’s sake; In Your righteousness bring my life out of trouble.
• Isaiah 43:25“I, only I, am He who wipes out your transgressions for My own sake, And I will not remember your sins.
• Isaiah 48:9For the sake of My Name I refrain from My wrath, And for My praise I restrain Myself from you, So that I do not cut you off.
• Ezekiel 20:9But I acted for My Name’s sake, that it would not be profaned in the sight of the [pagan] nations among whom they lived, in whose sight I made Myself known to them by bringing them out of the land of Egypt.
• Ezekiel 36:22“Therefore say to the house of Israel, ‘Thus says the Lord God, “It is not for your sake, O house of Israel, that I am about to act, but for My holy name, which you have profaned among the nations where you went.
• 1 John 2:12I am writing to you, little children (believers, dear ones), because your sins have been forgiven for His name’s sake [you have been pardoned and released from spiritual debt through His name because you have confessed His name, believing in Him as Savior].
• Numbers 14:17But now, please, let the power of the Lord be great, just as You have declared, saying,
• Romans 5:15But the free gift [of God] is not like the trespass [because the gift of grace overwhelms the fall of man]. For if many died by one man’s trespass [Adam’s sin], much more [abundantly] did God’s grace and the gift [that comes] by the grace of the one Man, Jesus Christ, overflow to [benefit] the many.

Commentaries on Psalms 25:11

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 11For thy name's sake, O Lord, pardon - I have sinned; I need mercy; there is no reason why thou shouldst show it, but what thou drawest from the goodness of thy own nature.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 11For thy name‘s sake, O Lord - See the notes at Psalm 23:3. The idea here is that God would do this on His own account, or for the honor of His own name. This is A reason, and one of the main reasons, why God ever pardons iniquity. It is that the honor of His name may be promoted; that His glorious character may be displayed; that he may show himself to the universe to be merciful and gracious. There are, doubtless, other reasons why He pardons sin…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 8-14Verses 8-14 We are all sinners; and Christ came into the world to save sinners, to teach sinners, to call sinners to repentance. We value a promise by the character of him that makes it; we therefore depend upon God's promises. All the paths of the Lord, that is, all his promises and all his providences, are mercy and truth. In all God's dealings his people may see his mercy displayed, and his word fulfilled, whatever afflictions they are now exercised…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 11The psalmist asks for forgiveness for his many sins (Psalms 25:7; 32:1–5). The sins of Israel’s kings showed the weaknesses in David’s family line and why it failed in Old Testament Israel (see Psalm 89).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1111. God's perfections of love, mercy, goodness, and truth are manifested (his name, compare Psa 9:10) in pardoning sin, and the greatness of sin renders pardon more needed.Read the comment

Topics related to Psalms 25:11

• Righteous
• Sin

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Commentaries on Psalms 25

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• 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
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings