Christian Standard Bible
Psalms 25:11
11Lord, for the sake of your name, forgive my iniquity, for it is immense.
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 what is right and teaches them his way. 10All the Lord’s ways show faithful love and truth to those who keep his covenant and decrees. Lord, for the sake of your name, forgive my iniquity, for it is immense. 12Who is this person who fears the Lord? He will show him the way he should choose. 13He will live a good life, and his descendants will inherit the land.
Read all of Psalms 25Psalms 25:11 word by word
לְמַֽעַן־שִׁמְךָ֥ יְהוָ֑ה וְֽסָלַחְתָּ֥ לַ֝עֲוֹנִ֗י כִּ֣י רַב־הֽוּא׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Psalms 25:11
- Psalms 31:3For you are my rock and my fortress; you lead and guide me for your name’s sake.
- Psalms 79:9God of our salvation, help us, for the glory of your name. Rescue us and atone for our sins, for your name’s sake.
- Psalms 109:21But you, Lord, my Lord, deal kindly with me for your name’s sake; because your faithful love is good, rescue me.
- Psalms 143:11For your name’s sake, Lord, let me live. In your righteousness deliver me from trouble,
- Isaiah 43:25“I am the one, I sweep away your transgressions for my own sake and remember your sins no more.
- Isaiah 48:9I will delay my anger for the sake of my name, and I will restrain myself for your benefit and for my praise, so that you will not be destroyed.
- Ezekiel 20:9But I acted for the sake of my name, so that it would not be profaned in the eyes of the nations they were living among, in whose sight I had made myself known to Israel by bringing them out of Egypt.
- Ezekiel 36:22“Therefore, say to the house of Israel, ‘This is what the Lord God says: It is not for your sake that I will act, house of Israel, but for my holy name, which you profaned among the nations where you went.
- 1 John 2:12I am writing to you, little children, since your sins have been forgiven on account of his name.
- Numbers 14:17“So now, may my Lord’s power be magnified just as you have spoken:
- Romans 5:15But the gift is not like the trespass. For if by the one man’s trespass the many died, how much more have the grace of God and the gift which comes through the grace of the one man Jesus Christ overflowed to 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
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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
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