English Standard Version
Psalms 130:4
4But with you there is forgiveness, that you may be feared.
Psalms 130:4 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)But there is forgiveness with thee, that thou mayest be feared.
- New International Version (NIV)But with you there is forgiveness, so that we can, with reverence, serve you.
- New King James Version (NKJV)But there is forgiveness with You, That You may be feared.
- New Living Translation (NLT)But you offer forgiveness, that we might learn to fear you.
Context of Psalms 130:4
2O Lord, hear my voice! Let your ears be attentive to the voice of my pleas for mercy! 3If you, O Lord, should mark iniquities, O Lord, who could stand? But with you there is forgiveness, that you may be feared. 5I wait for the Lord, my soul waits, and in his word I hope; 6my soul waits for the Lord more than watchmen for the morning, more than watchmen for the morning.
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כִּֽי־עִמְּךָ֥ הַסְּלִיחָ֑ה לְ֝מַ֗עַן תִּוָּרֵֽא׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Psalms 130:4
- Psalms 25:11For your name's sake, O Lord, pardon my guilt, for it is great.
- Psalms 86:5For you, O Lord, are good and forgiving, abounding in steadfast love to all who call upon you.
- Psalms 103:2Bless the Lord, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits,
- Exodus 34:5The Lord descended in the cloud and stood with him there, and proclaimed the name of the Lord.
- Isaiah 1:18"Come now, let us reason together, says the Lord: though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they are red like crimson, they shall become like wool.
- Isaiah 55:7let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts; let him return to the Lord, that he may have compassion on him, and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.
- Jeremiah 31:34And no longer shall each one teach his neighbor and each his brother, saying, 'Know the Lord,' for they shall all know me, from the least of them to the greatest, declares the Lord. For I will forgive their iniquity, and I will remember their sin no more."
- Daniel 9:9To the Lord our God belong mercy and forgiveness, for we have rebelled against him
- Micah 7:18Who is a God like you, pardoning iniquity and passing over transgression for the remnant of his inheritance? He does not retain his anger forever, because he delights in steadfast love.
- Romans 8:1There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.
- 2 Corinthians 5:19that is, in Christ God was reconciling the world to himself, not counting their trespasses against them, and entrusting to us the message of reconciliation.
- Ephesians 1:7In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of his grace,
- Colossians 1:14in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins.
- Psalms 2:11Serve the Lord with fear, and rejoice with trembling.
- 1 Kings 8:39then hear in heaven your dwelling place and forgive and act and render to each whose heart you know, according to all his ways (for you, you only, know the hearts of all the children of mankind),
- Jeremiah 33:8I will cleanse them from all the guilt of their sin against me, and I will forgive all the guilt of their sin and rebellion against me.
Commentaries on Psalms 130:4
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 4But there is forgiveness with thee - The Septuagint renders this ̔́ hilasmos propitiation, reconciliation; the Latin Vulgate “propitiatio,” propitiation. The Hebrew word means “pardon.” The idea is, that sin may be forgiven; or, that God is a Being who does pardon sin, and that this is the only ground of hope. When we come before God, the ground of our hope is not that we can justify ourselves; not that we can prove we have not sinned; not that we can…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 4-6The good news comes in God’s readiness to forgive sinners. His grace encourages people to fear him and hope in him.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 44. Pardon produces filial fear and love. Judgment without the hope of pardon creates fear and dislike. The sense of forgiveness, so far from producing licentiousness, produces holiness (Jr 33:9; Eze 16:62, 63; 1Pe 2:16). "There is forgiveness with thee, not that thou mayest be presumed upon, but feared."Read the comment
- Rashi on Tanakh · v. 4For forgiveness is with You You did not give permission to an agent to forgive, as it is said (Exod. 23:21): “for he will not forgive your transgression.”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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