Psalms 130:3

Psalms 130:3 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)If thou, Lord, shouldest mark iniquities, O Lord, who shall 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?
• New Living Translation (NLT)Lord, if you kept a record of our sins, who, O Lord, could ever survive?

Context of Psalms 130:3

1Out of the depths I cry to you, Lord; 2Lord, hear my voice. Let your ears be attentive to my cry for mercy. If you, Lord, kept a record of sins, Lord, who could stand? 4But with you there is forgiveness, so that we can, with reverence, serve you. 5I wait for the Lord, my whole being waits, and in his word I put my hope.

Psalms 130:3 word by word

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

Words taken from the KJV.

• If thou, Lordיָהּyâhh · LORDH3050
• shouldest markשָׁמַרshâmar · to keep: look atH8104
• iniquitiesעָוֺן‛âvôn ‛âvôn · iniquity: crimeH5771
• O Lordאֲדֹנָי'ădônây · LordH136
• who shall standעָמַד‛âmad · to stand: standH5975

Cross-references for Psalms 130:3

• Psalms 143:2Do not bring your servant into judgment, for no one living is righteous before you.
• Job 9:2“Indeed, I know that this is true. But how can mere mortals prove their innocence before God?
• Job 10:14If I sinned, you would be watching me and would not let my offense go unpunished.
• Job 15:14“What are mortals, that they could be pure, or those born of woman, that they could be righteous?
• Isaiah 53:6We all, like sheep, have gone astray, each of us has turned to our own way; and the Lord has laid on him the iniquity of us all.
• John 8:7When they kept on questioning him, he straightened up and said to them, “Let any one of you who is without sin be the first to throw a stone at her.”
• Romans 3:20Therefore no one will be declared righteous in God’s sight by the works of the law; rather, through the law we become conscious of our 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

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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