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 have cried to You, O Lord. 2Lord, hear my voice! Let Your ears be attentive To the voice of my supplications. If You, Lord, should mark iniquities, O Lord, who could stand? 4But there is forgiveness with You, That You may be feared. 5I wait for the Lord, my soul does wait, And in His word do I hope.

Psalms 130:3 word by word

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

• Ifאִם'im · ifH518
• Lordיָהּyâhh · LORDH3050
• should markשָׁמַרshâmar · to keep: look atH8104
• iniquitiesעָוֺן‛âvôn ‛âvôn · iniquity: crimeH5771
• O Lordאֲדֹנָי'ădônây · LordH136
• whoמִיmîy · who?H4310
• standעָמַד‛âmad · to stand: standH5975

Cross-references for Psalms 130:3

• Psalms 143:2And do not enter into judgment with Your servant, For in Your sight no man living is righteous.
• Job 9:2“In truth I know that this is so; But how can a man be in the right before God?
• Job 10:14If I sin, then You would take note of me, And would not acquit me of my guilt.
• Job 15:14What is man, that he should be pure, Or he who is born of a woman, that he should be righteous?
• Isaiah 53:6All of us like sheep have gone astray, Each of us has turned to his own way; But the Lord has caused the iniquity of us all To fall on Him.
• John 8:7But when they persisted in asking Him, He straightened up, and said to them, “He who is without sin among you, let him be the first to throw a stone at her.”
• Romans 3:20because by the works of the Law no flesh will be justified in His sight; for through the Law comes the knowledge 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