Psalms 130:4
But with Thee [is] forgiveness, that Thou mayest be feared.
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
But there is forgiveness with thee, that thou mayest be feared.
In Context
3If iniquities Thou dost observe, O Lord, who doth stand?
5I hoped [for] Jehovah — hoped hath my soul, And for His word I have waited.
Cross References
Exodus 34:7keeping kindness for thousands, taking away iniquity, and transgression, and sin, and not entirely acquitting, charging iniquity of fathers on children, and on children's children, on a third [generation], and on a fourth.'
1 Kings 8:39then Thou dost hear in the heavens, the settled place of Thy dwelling, and hast forgiven, and hast done, and hast given to each according to all his ways, whose heart Thou knowest, (for Thou hast known — Thyself alone — the heart of all the sons of man),
Job 22:23If thou dost return unto the Mighty Thou art built up, Thou puttest iniquity far from thy tents.
Psalms 25:11For Thy name's sake, O Jehovah, Thou hast pardoned mine iniquity, for it [is] great.
Psalms 103:2Bless, O my soul, Jehovah, And forget not all His benefits,
Isaiah 1:18Come, I pray you, and we reason, saith Jehovah, If your sins are as scarlet, as snow they shall be white, If they are red as crimson, as wool they shall be!
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 →