Psalms 130:3

130:2 Lord, hear my voice: let thine ears be attentive to the voice of my supplications.

If thou, LORD, shouldest mark iniquities, O Lord, who shall stand?

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If you, Yah, kept a record of sins, Lord, who could stand?

If thou, Lord, shouldest mark iniquities, O Lord, who shall stand?

If you, LORD, should mark iniquities, O Lord, who shall stand?

130:4 But there is forgiveness with thee, that thou mayest be feared.

What does Psalms 130:3 mean?

Psalms 130:3 is a verse in the book of Psalms, in the Old Testament. In the original Hebrew, key words include יָהּ (Yâhh), שָׁמַר (shâmar), עָוֺן (ʻâvôn).

Hebrew interlinear

thou,

LORD,יָהּYâhh/yaw/H3050Jah, the sacred name

shouldest

markשָׁמַרshâmar/shaw-mar'/H8104properly, to hedge about (as with thorns), i.e. guard; generally, to protect, attend to, etc.

iniquities,עָוֺןʻâvôn/aw-vone'/H5771perversity, i.e. (moral) evil

Lord,אֲדֹנָיʼĂdônây/ad-o-noy'/H136the Lord (used as a proper name of God only)

who

shall

stand?עָמַדʻâmad/aw-mad'/H5975to stand, in various relations (literal and figurative, intransitive and transitive)

Topics

Prayer Sin (1)

Verses like this

Other verses that share key original-language words with Psalms 130:3.

Exodus 34:9

And he said, If now I have found grace in thy sight, O Lord, let my Lord, I pray thee, go among us; for it is a stiffnecked people; and pardon our iniquity and our sin, and take us for thine inheritance.

Frequently asked questions

What does Psalms 130:3 say?

Psalms 130:3 (King James Version) reads: "If thou, LORD, shouldest mark iniquities, O Lord, who shall stand?"

Is Psalms 130:3 in the Old or New Testament?

Psalms 130:3 is in the Old Testament of the Bible, in the book of Psalms.

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