Psalms 130:3
Yahweh, if you kept a record of the sins that we have committed, not one of us [RHQ] would escape from being condemned and punished
Translation for Translators
In The King James Version
If thou, LORD, shouldest mark iniquities, O Lord, who shall stand?
In Context
2Yahweh, hear me, while I call out to you [SYN] to be merciful to me!
4But you forgive us, with the result that we greatly revere you.
Cross References
Ezra 9:15Yahweh, the God whom we Israelis worship/belong to, you are fair/just. We are guilty. We are only a few people who have escaped from Babylonia, but we pray to you, even though we do not deserve to stand in your presence.”
Job 9:20Even though I was innocent, what I would say would cause him to say that I must be punished [MTY]; even though I had not done anything wrong, he would prove that I am guilty.
Job 15:14“◄How can any person, including you, be sinless?/No person, including you, can be sinless.► [RHQ] ◄How can anyone on the earth be completely righteous?/No one on the earth can be completely righteous.► [RHQ]
Psalms 143:2I am one who serves you; do not judge me, because you know that everyone has done things that are wrong►.
Nahum 1:6There is no one [RHQ] who can resist him when he becomes extremely angry; there is no one [RHQ] who can survive when his anger is very hot. When he is very angry, it is as though his anger is like [SIM] a blazing fire, and it is as though mountains are shattered into pieces.
John 8:7While they continued to question him, he stood up and said to them, “Whichever one of you has never sinned can be the first one to start throwing stones 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 →