Psalms 130:3

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 I cry to You, O LORD! 2O Lord, hear my voice; let Your ears be attentive to my plea for mercy. If You, O LORD, kept track of iniquities, then who, O Lord, could stand? 4But with You there is forgiveness, so that You may be feared. 5I wait for the LORD; my soul does wait, and in His word I put my hope.

Psalms 130:3 word by word

אִם־עֲוֹנ֥וֹת תִּשְׁמָר־יָ֑הּ אֲ֝דֹנָ֗י מִ֣י יַעֲמֹֽד׃Read the interlinear

• If Youאִם'im · ifH518
• O LORDיָהּyâhh · LORDH3050
• kept trackשָׁמַרshâmar · to keep: look atH8104
• of iniquitiesעָוֺן‛âvôn ‛âvôn · iniquity: crimeH5771
• whoמִיmîy · who?H4310
• O Lordאֲדֹנָי'ădônây · LordH136
• could standעָמַד‛âmad · to stand: standH5975

Cross-references for Psalms 130:3

• Psalms 143:2Do not bring Your servant into judgment, for no one alive is righteous before You.
• Job 9:2“Yes, I know that it is so, but how can a mortal be righteous before God?
• Job 10:14If I sinned, You would take note, and would not acquit me of my iniquity.
• Job 15:14What is man, that he should be pure, or one born of woman, that he should be righteous?
• Isaiah 53:6We all like sheep have gone astray, each one has turned to his own way; and the LORD has laid upon Him the iniquity of us all.
• John 8:7When they continued to question Him, He straightened up and said to them, “Let him who is without sin among you be the first to cast a stone at her.”
• Romans 3:20Therefore no one will be justified in His sight by works of the law. For the law merely brings awareness of 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

Topics related to Psalms 130:3

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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