Psalms 25:11
For thy name's sake, O Lord, thou wilt pardon my sin: for it is great.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
For thy name’s sake, O LORD, pardon mine iniquity; for it is great.
In Context
12Who is the man that feareth the Lord? He hath appointed him a law in the way he hath chosen.
Cross References
Exodus 34:7Who keepest mercy unto thousands: who takest away iniquity, and wickedness, and sin, and no man of himself is innocent before thee. Who renderest the iniquity of the fathers to the children, and to the grandchildren, unto the third and fourth generation.
Psalms 31:3Bow down thy ear to me: make haste to deliver me. Be thou unto me a God, a protector, and a house of refuge, to save me.
Psalms 109:21But thou, O Lord, do with for thy names sake: because thy mercy is sweet. Do thou deliver me.
Isaiah 43:25I am, I am he that blot out thy iniquities for my own sake, and I will not remember thy sins.
Jeremiah 14:7If our iniquities have testified against us, O Lord, do thou it for thy name's sake, for our rebellions are many, we have sinned against thee.
Ezekiel 36:22Therefore thou shalt say to the house of Israel: Thus saith the Lord God: It is not for your sake that I will do this, O house of Israel, but for my holy name's sake, which you have profaned among the nations whither you went.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 25:9-15
Divine Goodness and Mercy. 8 Good and upright is the Lord : therefore will he teach sinners in the way. 9 The meek will he guide in judgment: and the meek will he teach his way. 10 All the paths of the Lord are mercy and truth unto such as keep his covenant and his testimonies. 11 For thy name's sake, O Lord , pardon mine iniquity; for it is great. 12 What man is he that feareth the Lord ? him shall he teach in the way that he shall choose. 13 His soul shall dwell at ease; and his seed shall inherit the earth. 14… Read the whole commentary →