Księga Psalmów 25:11

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PANIE, przez wzgląd na Twe imię Przebacz moją winę, bo jest wielka.

Parallel Translations

Biblia Brzeska (1563)
Dla imienia twego, Panie, odpuść nieprawości mojej, abowiem-ci jest wielka.

Biblia Gdańska (1632)
Panie! dla imienia twego odpuść nieprawość moję, bo wielka jest.

Nowa Biblia Gdańska (2012)
Ze względu na Twoje Imię, WIEKUISTY, wybacz mą winę, jakkolwiek ona jest wielką .

Biblia Tysiąclecia
Panie! dla imienia twego odpuść nieprawość moję, bo wielka jest.

Uwspółcześniona Biblia Gdańska
PANIE, przez wzgląd na twoje imię przebacz moją nieprawość, bo jest wielka.

Biblia Warszawska
Przez wzgląd na imię swoje, Panie, Odpuść grzech mój, bo jest wielki!

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

thy: Psalms 31:3, Psalms 79:9, Psalms 109:21, Psalms 143:11, Isaiah 43:25, Isaiah 48:9, Ezekiel 20:9, Ezekiel 36:22, 1 John 2:12

for it: Numbers 14:17-19, Romans 5:15, Romans 5:20, Romans 5:21

Reciprocal: Exodus 34:9 - pardon 2 Kings 17:21 - a great sin 1 Chronicles 21:8 - I have sinned Job 23:4 - fill my mouth Psalms 39:8 - Deliver Psalms 130:4 - But there Jeremiah 14:7 - do Ezekiel 20:22 - wrought Luke 11:4 - forgive us Luke 15:18 - I have Luke 18:13 - God 1 Timothy 1:16 - for this

Gill's Notes on the Bible

For thy name's sake, O Lord, pardon mine iniquity,.... Which to do is one of the promises and blessings of the covenant. The psalmist may have reference to his sin with Bathsheba, as Kimchi observes; since it was foretold to him, that, on account of that sin, evil should arise to him out of his own house, 2 Samuel 12:11; meaning that his son should rise up in rebellion against him; which was now the case, and which, no doubt, brought afresh this sin to his mind; and the guilt of it lay heavy upon his conscience; and therefore he prays for an application of pardoning grace and mercy; or he may have respect to original sin, the sin of his nature, which so easily beset him; the loathsome disease his loins were filled with; the law in his members warring against the law of his mind; and which a view of every actual sin led him to the consideration and acknowledgment of, as did that now mentioned, Psalms 51:4; or, "iniquity" may be put for "iniquities", and the sense be, that he desired a manifestation of the pardon of all his sins; for when God forgives sin, he forgives all iniquities: and David here prays for pardon in a way of mercy, and upon the foot of satisfaction; for he prays that God would "mercifully pardon" a, as the word signifies; or, according to his tender mercies, blot out his transgressions, and cleanse him from his sins; or that he would be "propitious" b to him; or forgive him in a propitiatory way, or through the propitiation of Christ, whom God had set forth in his purposes and promises to be the propitiation for the remission of sins; and therefore he entreats this favour "for [his] name's sake"; not for his own merits and good works, but for the Lord's sake, for his mercy's sake, or for his Son's sake; see Isaiah 43:25; compared with Ephesians 5:32. The argument or reason he urges is,

for it [is] great; being committed against the great God, against great light and knowledge, and attended with very aggravating circumstances; or "much" c, he being guilty of many sins; his sins were great, both as to quality and quantity: this seems to be rather a reason against than a reason for the pardon of sin; it denotes the sense the psalmist had of his iniquity, and his importunity for the pardon of it; just as a person, sensible of the violence and malignity of his disease, entreats the physician with the greater eagerness and importunity to do his utmost for him; see Psalms 41:4; or the words may be rendered, "though it [is] great" d; so Aben Ezra understands them;

"though it is so very heinous and provoking, yet since forgiveness is with thee, and thou hast promised it in covenant, and hast proclaimed thy name, a God gracious and merciful, pardon it;''

unless the words are to be connected, as they are by some Jewish e interpreters, with the phrase "thy name's sake, for it [is] great"; that is, thy name is great, and that it may appear to be so, as it is proclaimed, forgive mine iniquity.

a סלחת "mercifully pardon"; so Ainsworth. b ιλαση Sept. "propitiaberis", V. L. "propitius esto", Musculus. c רב "multum", V. L. "multa", Pagninus, Montanus, Tigurine version. d כי "quamvis", Gejerus, Schmidt, e Vide Abendanae Not. in Miclol Yophi in loc.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

For thy name’s sake, O Lord - See the notes at Psalms 23:3. The idea here is that God would do this on His own account, or for the honor of His own name. This is A reason, and one of the main reasons, why God ever pardons iniquity. It is that the honor of His name may be promoted; that His glorious character may be displayed; that he may show himself to the universe to be merciful and gracious. There are, doubtless, other reasons why He pardons sin - reasons drawn from the bearing which the act of mercy will have on the welfare of the universe; but still the main reason is, that His own honor will thus be promoted, and His true character thus made known. See the notes at Isaiah 43:25; notes at Isaiah 48:9. Compare Psalms 6:4; and Psalms 25:7.

Pardon mine iniquity - This prayer seems to have been offered in view of the remembered transgressions of his early years, Psalms 25:7. These recollected sins apparently pressed upon his mind all through the psalm, and were the main reason of the supplications which occur in it. Compare Psalms 25:16-18.

For it is great - As this translation stands, the fact that his sin was great was a reason why God should pardon it. This is a reason, because:

(a) it would be felt that the sin was so great that it could not be removed by anyone but God, and that unless “forgiven” it would sink the soul down to death; and

(b) because the mere fact of its magnitude would tend to illustrate the mercy of the Lord.

Undoubtedly, these are reasons why we may pray for the forgiveness of sin; but it may be doubted whether this is the exact idea of the psalmist, and whether the word “although” would not better express the true sense - “although it is great.” It is true that the general sense of the particle here rendered “for” - כי kı̂y - is “because” or “since;” but it may also mean “although,” as in Exodus 13:17, “God led them not the way through the land of the Philistines, although - (כי kı̂y) - that was near,” that is, that was nearest, or was the most direct way. So in Deuteronomy 29:19, “I shall have peace, though - (כי kı̂y) - I walk in the imagination of mine heart.” Also Joshua 17:18, “Thou shalt drive out the Canaanites, though - (כי kı̂y) - they have iron chariots, and though they be strong.” Thus understood, the prayer of the psalmist here is, that God would pardon his offences “although” they were so great. His mind is fixed upon the “greatness” of the offences; upon the obstacles in the way of pardon; upon his own unworthiness; upon the fact that he had no claim to mercy; and he presents this strong and earnest plea that God would have mercy on him “although” his sins were so numerous and so aggravated. In this prayer all can join; this is a petition the force of which all true penitents deeply feel.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Psalms 25:11. For thy name's sake, O Lord, pardon — I have sinned; I need mercy; there is no reason why thou shouldst show it, but what thou drawest from the goodness of thy own nature.