Psalms 130:3
If You, O LORD, kept track of iniquities, then who, O Lord, could stand?
Berean Standard Bible
In The King James Version
If thou, LORD, shouldest mark iniquities, O Lord, who shall stand?
In Context
2O Lord, hear my voice; let Your ears be attentive to my plea for mercy.
4But with You there is forgiveness, so that You may be feared.
Cross References
Ezra 9:15O LORD, God of Israel, You are righteous! For we remain this day as a remnant. Here we are before You in our guilt, though because of it no one can stand before You.”
Job 9:20Even if I were righteous, my mouth would condemn me; if I were blameless, it would declare me guilty.
Job 15:14What is man, that he should be pure, or one born of woman, that he should be righteous?
Psalms 143:2Do not bring Your servant into judgment, for no one alive is righteous before You.
Nahum 1:6Who can withstand His indignation? Who can endure His burning anger? His wrath is poured out like fire; even rocks are shattered before Him.
John 8:7When they continued to question Him, He straightened up and said to them, “Let him who is without sin among you be the first to cast 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 →