Psalms 130:3
If you should mark sin, Lord, O Lord, who could stand?
Open English Bible (US)
In The King James Version
If thou, LORD, shouldest mark iniquities, O Lord, who shall stand?
In Context
2Lord, hear my voice: give heed with your ears to my loud plea.
4But with you is forgiveness, that you may held in awe.
Cross References
Psalms 143:2With your servant O enter you not into judgment, for in your sight can no one alive be justified.
Nahum 1:6Who can stand before his wrath? Who can withstand the heat of his anger? His fierce fury pours forth like fire, he shatters rocks.
John 8:7However, as they continued asking him, he raised himself, and said, “Let the person among you who has never done wrong throw the first 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 →