Psalms 130:3
If thou, LORD, shouldst treasure up transgressions, Lord, who could stand?
Noyes Bible
In The King James Version
If thou, LORD, shouldest mark iniquities, O Lord, who shall stand?
In Context
2O Lord! listen to my voice, Let thine ears be attentive to my supplication!
4But with thee is forgiveness, That thou mayst be feared.
Cross References
Job 9:20Though I were upright, yet must my own mouth condemn me; Though I were innocent, He would prove me perverse.
Job 15:14What is man, that he should be pure, And he that is born of woman, that he should be innocent?
Psalms 143:2Enter not into judgment with thy servant; For before thee no man living is righteous.
Nahum 1:6Who can stand before his indignation, And who can abide before the fierceness of his anger? His fury is poured out like fire, And the rocks are cast down by him!
John 8:7But when they continued asking him, he lifted himself up, and said to them, Let him that is without sin among you first 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 →