New King James Version
Psalms 130:4
4But there is forgiveness with You, That You may be feared.
Psalms 130:4 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)But there is forgiveness with thee, that thou mayest be feared.
- New International Version (NIV)But with you there is forgiveness, so that we can, with reverence, serve you.
- English Standard Version (ESV)But with you there is forgiveness, that you may be feared.
- New Living Translation (NLT)But you offer forgiveness, that we might learn to fear you.
Context of Psalms 130:4
2Lord, hear my voice! Let Your ears be attentive To the voice of my supplications. 3If You, Lord, should mark iniquities, O Lord, who could stand? But there is forgiveness with You, That You may be feared. 5I wait for the Lord, my soul waits, And in His word I do hope. 6My soul waits for the Lord More than those who watch for the morning— Yes, more than those who watch for the morning.
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כִּֽי־עִמְּךָ֥ הַסְּלִיחָ֑ה לְ֝מַ֗עַן תִּוָּרֵֽא׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Psalms 130:4
- Psalms 25:11For Your name’s sake, O Lord, Pardon my iniquity, for it is great.
- Psalms 86:5For You, Lord, are good, and ready to forgive, And abundant in mercy to all those who call upon You.
- Psalms 103:2Bless the Lord, O my soul, And forget not all His benefits:
- Exodus 34:5Now the Lord descended in the cloud and stood with him there, and proclaimed the name of the Lord.
- Isaiah 1:18“Come now, and let us reason together,” Says the Lord, “Though your sins are like scarlet, They shall be as white as snow; Though they are red like crimson, They shall be as wool.
- Isaiah 55:7Let the wicked forsake his way, And the unrighteous man his thoughts; Let him return to the Lord, And He will have mercy on him; And to our God, For He will abundantly pardon.
- Jeremiah 31:34No more shall every man teach his neighbor, and every man his brother, saying, ‘Know the Lord,’ for they all shall know Me, from the least of them to the greatest of them, says the Lord. For I will forgive their iniquity, and their sin I will remember no more.”
- Daniel 9:9To the Lord our God belong mercy and forgiveness, though we have rebelled against Him.
- Micah 7:18Who is a God like You, Pardoning iniquity And passing over the transgression of the remnant of His heritage? He does not retain His anger forever, Because He delights in mercy.
- Romans 8:1There is therefore now no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus, who do not walk according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit.
- 2 Corinthians 5:19that is, that God was in Christ reconciling the world to Himself, not imputing their trespasses to them, and has committed to us the word of reconciliation.
- Ephesians 1:7In Him we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of His grace
- Colossians 1:14in whom we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of sins.
- Psalms 2:11Serve the Lord with fear, And rejoice with trembling.
- 1 Kings 8:39then hear in heaven Your dwelling place, and forgive, and act, and give to everyone according to all his ways, whose heart You know (for You alone know the hearts of all the sons of men),
- Jeremiah 33:8I will cleanse them from all their iniquity by which they have sinned against Me, and I will pardon all their iniquities by which they have sinned and by which they have transgressed against Me.
Commentaries on Psalms 130:4
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 4But there is forgiveness with thee - The Septuagint renders this ̔́ hilasmos propitiation, reconciliation; the Latin Vulgate “propitiatio,” propitiation. The Hebrew word means “pardon.” The idea is, that sin may be forgiven; or, that God is a Being who does pardon sin, and that this is the only ground of hope. When we come before God, the ground of our hope is not that we can justify ourselves; not that we can prove we have not sinned; not that we can…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 4-6The good news comes in God’s readiness to forgive sinners. His grace encourages people to fear him and hope in him.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 44. Pardon produces filial fear and love. Judgment without the hope of pardon creates fear and dislike. The sense of forgiveness, so far from producing licentiousness, produces holiness (Jr 33:9; Eze 16:62, 63; 1Pe 2:16). "There is forgiveness with thee, not that thou mayest be presumed upon, but feared."Read the comment
- Rashi on Tanakh · v. 4For forgiveness is with You You did not give permission to an agent to forgive, as it is said (Exod. 23:21): “for he will not forgive your transgression.”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
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