Psalms 130:3
If thou, LORD, should note iniquities, O LORD, who could stand?
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
If thou, LORD, shouldest mark iniquities, O Lord, who shall stand?
In Context
2LORD, hear my voice. Let thine ears be attentive to the voice of my supplications.
4But there is forgiveness with thee, that thou may be feared.
Cross References
Ezra 9:15O LORD, the God of Israel, thou are righteous, for we are left a remnant that is escaped, as it is this day. Behold, we are before thee in our guiltiness, for none can stand before thee because of this.
Job 9:20Though I be righteous, my own mouth shall condemn me. Though I be perfect, it shall prove me perverse.
Job 15:14What is man, that he should be clean? And he who is born of a woman, that he should be righteous?
Psalms 143:2And enter not into judgment with thy servant. For in thy sight no man living is righteous.
Nahum 1:6Who can stand before his indignation? And who can abide in the fierceness of his anger? His wrath is poured out like fire, and the rocks are broken apart by him.
John 8:7And when they continued asking him, after standing erect, he said to them, Let the innocent man of you first cast the stone at her.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 130:2-5
God's Regard to His Church. 1 Out of the depths have I cried unto thee, O Lord . 2 Lord, hear my voice: let thine ears be attentive to the voice of my supplications. 3 If thou, Lord , shouldest mark iniquities, O Lord, who shall stand? 4 But there is forgiveness with thee, that thou mayest be feared. In these verses we are taught, I. Whatever condition we are in, though ever so deplorable, to continue calling upon God, v. 1 . The best men may sometimes be in the depths, in great trouble and affliction, and utterly… Read the whole commentary →