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Psalms 65:3
3When we were overwhelmed by sins, you forgave our transgressions.
Psalms 65:3 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Iniquities prevail against me: as for our transgressions, thou shalt purge them away.
- English Standard Version (ESV)When iniquities prevail against me, you atone for our transgressions.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Iniquities prevail against me; As for our transgressions, You will provide atonement for them.
- New Living Translation (NLT)Though we are overwhelmed by our sins, you forgive them all.
Context of Psalms 65:3
1Praise awaits you, our God, in Zion; to you our vows will be fulfilled. 2You who answer prayer, to you all people will come. When we were overwhelmed by sins, you forgave our transgressions. 4Blessed are those you choose and bring near to live in your courts! We are filled with the good things of your house, of your holy temple. 5You answer us with awesome and righteous deeds, God our Savior, the hope of all the ends of the earth and of the farthest seas,
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דִּבְרֵ֣י עֲ֭וֹנֹת גָּ֣בְרוּ מֶ֑נִּי פְּ֝שָׁעֵ֗ינוּ אַתָּ֥ה תְכַפְּרֵֽם׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Psalms 65:3
- Psalms 38:4My guilt has overwhelmed me like a burden too heavy to bear.
- Psalms 40:12For troubles without number surround me; my sins have overtaken me, and I cannot see. They are more than the hairs of my head, and my heart fails within me.
- 2 Samuel 12:7Then Nathan said to David, “You are the man! This is what the Lord, the God of Israel, says: ‘I anointed you king over Israel, and I delivered you from the hand of Saul.
- Micah 7:8Do not gloat over me, my enemy! Though I have fallen, I will rise. Though I sit in darkness, the Lord will be my light.
- Romans 7:23but I see another law at work in me, waging war against the law of my mind and making me a prisoner of the law of sin at work within me.
- Galatians 5:17For the flesh desires what is contrary to the Spirit, and the Spirit what is contrary to the flesh. They are in conflict with each other, so that you are not to do whatever you want.
- Psalms 51:2Wash away all my iniquity and cleanse me from my sin.
- Psalms 79:9Help us, God our Savior, for the glory of your name; deliver us and forgive our sins for your name’s sake.
- Isaiah 1:18“Come now, let us settle the matter,” says the Lord. “Though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they are red as crimson, they shall be like wool.
- Isaiah 6:7With it he touched my mouth and said, “See, this has touched your lips; your guilt is taken away and your sin atoned for.”
- Zechariah 13:1“On that day a fountain will be opened to the house of David and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, to cleanse them from sin and impurity.
- John 1:29The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him and said, “Look, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!
- Hebrews 9:14How much more, then, will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself unblemished to God, cleanse our consciences from acts that lead to death, so that we may serve the living God!
- 1 John 1:7But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus, his Son, purifies us from all sin.
- Revelation 1:5and from Jesus Christ, who is the faithful witness, the firstborn from the dead, and the ruler of the kings of the earth. To him who loves us and has freed us from our sins by his blood,
Commentaries on Psalms 65:3
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 3Iniquities prevail against me - This is no just rendering of the original, מני גברו עונת דברי dibrey avonoth gaberu menni ; "iniguitous words have prevailed against me," or, "The words of iniquity are strong against me." All kinds of calumnies, lies, and slanders have been propagated, to shake my confidence, and ruin my credit. Our transgressions, thou shalt purge them away - Whatsoever offenses we have committed against thee, thou wilt pardon; תכפרם…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 3Iniquities prevail against me - Margin, as in Hebrew, Words, or matters of iniquities. The literal meaning is words; and the idea may be that words spoken in iniquity, or slanderous words spoken by others, prevailed against him. The phrase, however, is susceptible of the interpretation which refers it to iniquity itself; meaning the matter of iniquity - the thing - iniquity itself - as if that overcame him, or got the mastery of him. The psalmist here, in…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 3You atone: God graciously removes the guilt of sin (see Psalm 32:5).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 33. God's mercy alone delivers us from the burden of iniquities, by purging or expiating by an atonement the transgressions with which we are charged, and which are denoted by-- Iniquities--or, literally, "Words of iniquities."Read the comment
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Commentaries on Psalms 65
- 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
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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