Psalms 130:3
O Jah, if you took note of every sin, who would go free?
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
If thou, LORD, shouldest mark iniquities, O Lord, who shall stand?
In Context
2Lord, let my voice come before you: let your ears be awake to the voice of my prayer.
4But there is forgiveness with you, so that you may be feared.
Cross References
Ezra 9:15O Lord God of Israel, righteousness is yours; we are only a small band which has been kept from death, as at this day: see, we are before you in our sin; for no one may keep his place before you because of this.
Job 9:20Though I was in the right, he would say that I was in the wrong; I have done no evil; but he says that I am a sinner.
Job 15:14What is man, that he may be clean? and how may the son of woman be upright?
Psalms 143:2Let not your servant come before you to be judged; for no man living is upright in your eyes.
Nahum 1:6Who may keep his place before his wrath? and who may undergo the heat of his passion? his wrath is let loose like fire and the rocks are broken open by him.
John 8:7But when they went on with their questions, he got up and said to them, Let him among you who is without sin be the first to send a 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 →