English Standard Version
Psalms 25:11
11For your name's sake, O Lord, pardon my guilt, for it is great.
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.
- New King James Version (NKJV)For Your name’s sake, O Lord, Pardon my iniquity, for it is great.
- New Living Translation (NLT)For the honor of your name, O Lord, forgive my many, many sins.
Context of Psalms 25:11
9He leads the humble in what is right, and teaches the humble his way. 10All the paths of the Lord are steadfast love and faithfulness, for those who keep his covenant and his testimonies. For your name's sake, O Lord, pardon my guilt, for it is great. 12Who is the man who fears the Lord? Him will he instruct in the way that he should choose. 13His soul shall abide in well-being, and his offspring shall 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; and for your name's sake you lead me and guide me;
- Psalms 79:9Help us, O God of our salvation, for the glory of your name; deliver us, and atone for our sins, for your name's sake!
- Psalms 109:21But you, O God my Lord, deal on my behalf for your name's sake; because your steadfast love is good, deliver me!
- Psalms 143:11For your name's sake, O Lord, preserve my life! In your righteousness bring my soul out of trouble!
- Isaiah 43:25"I, I am he who blots out your transgressions for my own sake, and I will not remember your sins.
- Isaiah 48:9"For my name's sake I defer my anger; for the sake of my praise I restrain it for you, that I may not cut you off.
- Ezekiel 20:9But I acted for the sake of my name, that it should not be profaned in the sight of the nations among whom they lived, in whose sight I made myself known to them in 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 the sake of my holy name, which you have profaned among the nations to which you came.
- 1 John 2:12I am writing to you, little children, because your sins are forgiven for his name's sake.
- Numbers 14:17And now, please let the power of the Lord be great as you have promised, saying,
- Romans 5:15But the free gift is not like the trespass. For if many died through one man's trespass, much more have the grace of God and the free gift by the grace of that one man Jesus Christ abounded for 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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