Psalms 130:3
If you, LORD, kept a record of sins, Lord, who could stand?
World English Bible
In The King James Version
If thou, LORD, shouldest mark iniquities, O Lord, who shall stand?
In Context
2Lord, hear my voice. Let your ears be attentive to the voice of my petitions.
4But there is forgiveness with you, therefore you are feared.
Cross References
Ezra 9:15LORD, the God of Israel, you are righteous; for we are left a remnant that has escaped, as it is today. Behold, we are before you in our guiltiness; for no one can stand before you because of this.”
Job 9:20Though I am righteous, my own mouth will condemn me. Though I am blameless, it will prove me perverse.
Job 15:14What is man, that he should be clean? What is he who is born of a woman, that he should be righteous?
Psalms 143:2Don’t enter into judgment with your servant, for in your sight no man living is righteous.
Nahum 1:6Who can stand before his indignation? Who can endure the fierceness of his anger? His wrath is poured out like fire, and the rocks are broken apart by him.
John 8:7But when they continued asking him, he looked up and said to them, “He who is without sin among you, let him 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 →