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Psalms 130:3
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Lord, if you kept an account of iniquities,Lord, who could stand?
If you, the LORD, kept a record of sins, Lord, who could stand?
If you, O Lord , should mark iniquities, O Lord, who could stand?
Lord , if you punished people for all their sins, no one would be left, Lord.
If you, O Lord , were to keep track of sins, O Lord, who could stand before you?
If You, LORD, should keep an account of our sins and treat us accordingly, O Lord, who could stand [before you in judgment and claim innocence]?
If You, LORD, were to keep account of guilty deeds, Lord, who could stand?
If you, Yah, kept a record of sins, Lord, who could stand?
If thou, O Lord, straightly markest iniquities, O Lord, who shall stand?
If You should keep iniquities, O Yah,O Lord, who could stand?
If You, O LORD, kept track of iniquities, then who, O Lord, could stand?
If you kept record of our sins, no one could last long.
Yah, if you kept a record of sins, who, Adonai, could stand?
If thou, Jah, shouldest mark iniquities, Lord, who shall stand?
Lord , if you punished people for all their sins, no one would be left alive.
If thou, LORD, shouldest mark iniquities, O LORD, who shall stand?
If you kept a record of our sins, who could escape being condemned?
If you, O Yah, should keep track of iniquities, O Lord, who could stand?
If You will keep iniquities, O Jehovah, O Lord, who shall stand?
Yf thou (LORDE) wilt be extreme to marcke what is done amysse, Oh LORDE, who maye abyde it?
If thou, Jehovah, shouldest mark iniquities, O Lord, who could stand?
O Jah, if you took note of every sin, who would go free?
If Thou, LORD, shouldest mark iniquities, O Lord, who could stand?
If thou, Lord, shouldest marke iniquities: O Lord, who shal stand?
If thou O God wylt marke what is done amisse: O Lorde who can abide it?
If thou, O Lord, shouldest mark iniquities, O Lord, who shall stand?
If thou, LORD, shouldest mark iniquities, O Lord, who shall stand?
Lord, if thou kepist wickidnessis; Lord, who schal susteyne?
If you, Yah, should mark iniquities, O Lord, who could stand?
If thou, LORD, shouldest mark iniquities, O Lord, who shall stand?
If You, LORD, should mark iniquities, O Lord, who could stand?
Lord , if you kept a record of our sins, who, O Lord, could ever survive?
If you, Lord, should write down our sins, O Lord, who could stand?
If you, O Lord , should mark iniquities, Lord, who could stand?
If, iniquities, thou shouldest mark, O Yah, O My Lord, who could stand?
(129-3) If thou, O Lord, wilt mark iniquities: Lord, who shall stand it.
If thou, O LORD, shouldst mark iniquities, Lord, who could stand?
If iniquities Thou dost observe, O Lord, who doth stand?
If you, God , kept records on wrongdoings, who would stand a chance? As it turns out, forgiveness is your habit, and that's why you're worshiped.
If You, Lord , should mark iniquities, O Lord, who could stand?
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
shouldest mark: Psalms 143:2, Job 9:2, Job 9:3, Job 9:20, Job 10:14, Job 15:14, Isaiah 53:6, John 8:7-9, Romans 3:20-24
Reciprocal: Numbers 11:11 - wherefore have Numbers 17:13 - any thing 2 Samuel 12:13 - The Lord 1 Kings 8:30 - forgive 1 Kings 8:46 - there is no man 2 Chronicles 6:21 - forgive 2 Chronicles 6:36 - for there is no man Ezra 9:15 - we cannot Nehemiah 13:22 - spare me Job 9:28 - I know Job 22:4 - will he enter Job 25:4 - How then Psalms 5:5 - stand Psalms 79:8 - remember Psalms 103:10 - dealt Psalms 119:124 - Deal Ecclesiastes 7:20 - there Jeremiah 2:22 - yet thine iniquity Hosea 3:5 - fear Matthew 18:24 - ten thousand Luke 11:4 - forgive us Luke 18:13 - God Romans 2:4 - goodness Romans 4:7 - General 1 Corinthians 4:4 - yet Galatians 2:16 - that Galatians 3:11 - that Galatians 5:17 - so Philippians 3:9 - not 2 Timothy 1:18 - mercy James 2:11 - Now 1 John 1:10 - we say Revelation 6:17 - who
Gill's Notes on the Bible
If thou, Lord, shouldest mark iniquities,.... Or "observe" f them. Not but that God does observe the sins of men: he sees all the evil actions of bad men done in the dark, which cannot hide them from him; and all the iniquities of good men, so as to correct and chastise for them, but not with his eye of vindictive justice. Or "keep" g them; should he keep a watchful eye over them, make strict inspection into them, enter into a critical examination of them, and of all their aggravated circumstances; should he keep them in mind and memory, retain them in the book of his remembrance; should he lay them up, and keep them sealed among his stores, in order to be brought to light, and brought out as charges another day, and to the condemnation of men; should he set them before him in the light of his countenance, and not cast them behind his back and into the depths of the sea; should he visit for them in a way of wrath, or enter into judgment on account of them, with men in their own persons; demanding satisfaction for them at their own hands, without any regard to the sacrifice and satisfaction of his Son; all a man's righteousness, repentance, humiliation and tears, would stand him in no stead, would not answer for him, or atone for his sins; still his iniquities would remain marked before God; the consequence of which would be eternal damnation, Jeremiah 2:22;
O Lord, who shall stand? Not one; since all are sinners. The Arabic version adds, "before thee"; in his presence; in the house and courts of God, there to minister before him; to pray and praise, to preach and hear: or at his bar hereafter, with any boldness and confidence; so as to litigate the point with him in his court of judicature, before angels and men, and so as to carry the cause; the wicked shall not stand in judgment, Psalms 1:5. Or who can stand before his vindictive justice, or bear his wrath and vengeance? No one can. See Nahum 1:6 Malachi 3:2.
f תשמר "observaveris", V. L. Pagninus, Montanus, Musculus, Junius Tremellius, Piscator, Michaelis. g "Serves", Cocceius "servaveris", Muis.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
If thou, Lord, shouldest mark iniquities - If thou shouldst observe, note, attend to, regard all the evil that I have done. The Hebrew word means properly to keep, to watch, to guard. The word, as used here, refers to that kind of vigilance or watchfulness which one is expected to manifest who is on guard; who keeps watch in a city or camp by night. The idea is, If God should thus look with a scrutinizing eye; if he should try to see all that he could see; if he should suffer nothing to escape his observation; if he should deal with us exactly as we are; if he should overlook nothing, forgive nothing, we could have no hope.
Who shall stand? - Who shall stand upright? Who could stand before thee? Who could hope to be acquitted? This implies
(1) that the petitioner was conscious of guilt, or knew that he was a sinner;
(2) that he felt there was a depth of depravity in his heart which God could see, but which he did not - as every man must be certain that there is in his own soul;
(3) that God had the power of bringing that to light if he chose to do it, so that the guilty man would be entirely overwhelmed;
(4) that he who urged the prayer rested his only hope on the fact that God would not mark iniquity; would not develop what was in him; would not judge him by what he saw in his heart; but would deal with him otherwise, and show him mercy and compassion.
Every man must feel that if God should “mark iniquity” as it is - if he should judge us as we are - we could have no hope. It is only on the ground that we may be forgiven, that we eau hope to come before him.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Psalms 130:3. If thou - shouldest mark iniquities — If thou shouldst set down every deviation in thought, word, and deed from thy holy law; and if thou shouldst call us into judgment for all our infidelities, both of heart and life; O Lord, who could stand? Who could stand such a trial, and who could stand acquitted in the judgment? This is a most solemn saying; and if we had not the doctrine that is in the next verse, who could be saved?
