New Living Translation
Psalms 25:11
11For the honor of your name, O Lord, forgive my many, many sins.
Psalms 25:11 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)For thy name’s sake, O Lord, pardon mine iniquity; for it is great.
- New International Version (NIV)For the sake of your name, Lord, forgive my iniquity, though it is great.
- English Standard Version (ESV)For your name's sake, O Lord, pardon my guilt, for it is great.
- New King James Version (NKJV)For Your name’s sake, O Lord, Pardon my iniquity, for it is great.
Context of Psalms 25:11
9He leads the humble in doing right, teaching them his way. 10The Lord leads with unfailing love and faithfulness all who keep his covenant and obey his demands. For the honor of your name, O Lord, forgive my many, many sins. 12Who are those who fear the Lord? He will show them the path they should choose. 13They will live in prosperity, and their children will inherit the land.
Read all of Psalms 25Psalms 25:11 word by word
לְמַֽעַן־שִׁמְךָ֥ יְהוָ֑ה וְֽסָלַחְתָּ֥ לַ֝עֲוֹנִ֗י כִּ֣י רַב־הֽוּא׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Psalms 25:11
- Psalms 31:3You are my rock and my fortress. For the honor of your name, lead me out of this danger.
- Psalms 79:9Help us, O God of our salvation! Help us for the glory of your name. Save us and forgive our sins for the honor of your name.
- Psalms 109:21But deal well with me, O Sovereign Lord, for the sake of your own reputation! Rescue me because you are so faithful and good.
- Psalms 143:11For the glory of your name, O Lord, preserve my life. Because of your faithfulness, bring me out of this distress.
- Isaiah 43:25“I—yes, I alone—will blot out your sins for my own sake and will never think of them again.
- Isaiah 48:9Yet for my own sake and for the honor of my name, I will hold back my anger and not wipe you out.
- Ezekiel 20:9But I didn’t do it, for I acted to protect the honor of my name. I would not allow shame to be brought on my name among the surrounding nations who saw me reveal myself by bringing the Israelites out of Egypt.
- Ezekiel 36:22“Therefore, give the people of Israel this message from the Sovereign Lord: I am bringing you back, but not because you deserve it. I am doing it to protect my holy name, on which you brought shame while you were scattered among the nations.
- 1 John 2:12I am writing to you who are God’s children because your sins have been forgiven through Jesus.
- Numbers 14:17“Please, Lord, prove that your power is as great as you have claimed. For you said,
- Romans 5:15But there is a great difference between Adam’s sin and God’s gracious gift. For the sin of this one man, Adam, brought death to many. But even greater is God’s wonderful grace and his gift of forgiveness to many through this other man, Jesus Christ.
Commentaries on Psalms 25:11
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 11For thy name's sake, O Lord, pardon - I have sinned; I need mercy; there is no reason why thou shouldst show it, but what thou drawest from the goodness of thy own nature.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 11For thy name‘s sake, O Lord - See the notes at Psalm 23:3. The idea here is that God would do this on His own account, or for the honor of His own name. This is A reason, and one of the main reasons, why God ever pardons iniquity. It is that the honor of His name may be promoted; that His glorious character may be displayed; that he may show himself to the universe to be merciful and gracious. There are, doubtless, other reasons why He pardons sin…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 8-14Verses 8-14 We are all sinners; and Christ came into the world to save sinners, to teach sinners, to call sinners to repentance. We value a promise by the character of him that makes it; we therefore depend upon God's promises. All the paths of the Lord, that is, all his promises and all his providences, are mercy and truth. In all God's dealings his people may see his mercy displayed, and his word fulfilled, whatever afflictions they are now exercised…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 11The psalmist asks for forgiveness for his many sins (Psalms 25:7; 32:1–5). The sins of Israel’s kings showed the weaknesses in David’s family line and why it failed in Old Testament Israel (see Psalm 89).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1111. God's perfections of love, mercy, goodness, and truth are manifested (his name, compare Psa 9:10) in pardoning sin, and the greatness of sin renders pardon more needed.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Psalms 25
- 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
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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