Psalms 25:11
For the sake of thy name, O Lord, pardon my iniquity: although it is great.
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
For thy name’s sake, O LORD, pardon mine iniquity; for it is great.
In Context
10All the paths of the Lord are kindness and truth unto such as keep his covenant and his testimonies.
12Who is that man that feareth the Lord? to him will he point out the way which he is to choose?
Cross References
Exodus 34:7Keeping mercy unto the thousandth [generation], forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin, but who will by no means clear the guilty; visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, and upon the children's children, unto the third and to the fourth generation.
Psalms 31:3(31:4) For my rock and my stronghold art thou; and for the sake of thy name lead me, and guide me.
Psalms 109:21But thou, O Eternal Lord, deal with me for the sake of thy name: because thy kindness is good, deliver thou me.
Isaiah 43:25I, it is I that blot out thy transgressions for my own sake, and thy sins I will not remember.
Jeremiah 14:7If our iniquities testify against us, O Lord, do thou act for the sake of thy name; for our backslidings are many; against thee have we sinned.
Ezekiel 36:22Therefore say unto the house of Israel, Thus hath said the Lord Eternal, Not for your sake do I this, O house of Israel, but for the sake of my holy name, which ye have profaned among the nations, whither ye are gone.
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 →