Psalms 130:4
But there is forgiveness with you, therefore you are feared.
World English Bible
In The King James Version
But there is forgiveness with thee, that thou mayest be feared.
In Context
3If you, LORD, kept a record of sins, Lord, who could stand?
5I wait for the LORD. My soul waits. I hope in his word.
Cross References
Exodus 34:7keeping loving kindness for thousands, forgiving iniquity and disobedience and sin; and who will by no means clear the guilty, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children, and on the children’s children, on the third and on the fourth generation.”
1 Kings 8:39then hear in heaven, your dwelling place, and forgive, and act, and give to every man according to all his ways, whose heart you know (for you, even you only, know the hearts of all the children of men);
Job 22:23If you return to the Almighty, you will be built up, if you put away unrighteousness far from your tents.
Psalms 25:11For your name’s sake, LORD, pardon my iniquity, for it is great.
Psalms 103:2Praise the LORD, my soul, and don’t forget all his benefits,
Isaiah 1:18“Come now, and let’s reason together,” says the LORD: “Though your sins are as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow. Though they are red like crimson, they shall be as wool.
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 →