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

1From the depths of despair, O Lord, I call for your help. 2Hear my cry, O Lord. Pay attention to my prayer. Lord, if you kept a record of our sins, who, O Lord, could ever survive? 4But you offer forgiveness, that we might learn to fear you. 5I am counting on the Lord; yes, I am counting on him. I have put my hope in his word.

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 143:2Don’t put your servant on trial, for no one is innocent before you.
• Job 9:2“Yes, I know all this is true in principle. But how can a person be declared innocent in God’s sight?
• Job 10:14was to watch me, and if I sinned, you would not forgive my guilt.
• Job 15:14Can any mortal be pure? Can anyone born of a woman be just?
• Isaiah 53:6All of us, like sheep, have strayed away. We have left God’s paths to follow our own. Yet the Lord laid on him the sins of us all.
• John 8:7They kept demanding an answer, so he stood up again and said, “All right, but let the one who has never sinned throw the first stone!”
• Romans 3:20For no one can ever be made right with God by doing what the law commands. The law simply shows us how sinful we are.

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