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, Lord. 2Lord, hear my voice! Let Your ears be attentive To the sound of my pleadings. If You, Lord, were to keep account of guilty deeds, Lord, who could stand? 4But there is forgiveness with You, So that You may be revered. 5I wait for the Lord, my soul waits, And I wait for His word.

Psalms 130:3 word by word

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

• Ifאִם'im · ifH518
• Lordיָהּyâhh · LORDH3050
• were to keepשָׁמַרshâmar · to keep: look atH8104
• guiltyעָוֺן‛âvôn ‛âvôn · iniquity: crimeH5771
• 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 no person living is righteous in Your sight.
• Job 9:2“In truth I know that this is so; But how can a person be in the right with God?
• Job 10:14If I have sinned, You will take note of me, And will not acquit me of my guilt.
• Job 15:14What is man, that he would be pure, Or he who is born of a woman, that he would 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 wrongdoing of us all To fall on Him.
• John 8:7When 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 none of mankind will be justified in His sight; for through the Law comes 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

• Afflictions and Adversities
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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