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Psalms 130:3

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

KJV

Speret Israël in Domino, ex hoc nunc et usque in sæculum.

Vulgate

ἐλπισάτω Ἰσραὴλ ἐπὶ τὸν κύριον ἀπὸ τοῦ νῦν καὶ ἕως τοῦ αἰῶνος.

LXX

If thou, Jehovah, shouldest mark iniquities, O Lord, who could stand?

ASV

אִם עֲוֺנ֥וֹת תִּשְׁמָר יָ֑הּ אֲ֝דֹנָ֗/י מִ֣י יַעֲמֹֽד

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

7 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אִם
'm
conjunction · 1065×
י
y
noun · 440×
יָֽהּ
yh
proper_noun · 50×
ם
m
noun · 230×
מִ֣י
my
particle · 420×
עֹמְדִ֖ים
'mdym
verb · 526×
שֹׁמְרֵ֥י
shmry
verb · 467×

Themes

Historic Christian voices

2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Q. Why must the mediator also be true God? A. So that, by the power of his divinity, he might bear the weight of God's anger in his humanity and earn for us and restore to us righteousness and life.

Cross-references

  • 1Cor 4:4 — For I know nothing by myself; yet am I not hereby justified: but he that judgeth me is the Lord.
  • 1John 1:10 — If we say that we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is not in us.
  • 1Kgs 8:30 — And hearken thou to the supplication of thy servant, and of thy people Israel, when they shall pray toward this place: and hear thou in heaven thy dwelling place: and when thou hearest, forgive.
  • 1Kgs 8:46 — If they sin against thee, (for there is no man that sinneth not,) and thou be angry with them, and deliver them to the enemy, so that they carry them away captives unto the land of the enemy, far or n
  • 2Chr 6:21 — Hearken therefore unto the supplications of thy servant, and of thy people Israel, which they shall make toward this place: hear thou from thy dwelling place, even from heaven; and when thou hearest,
  • 2Chr 6:36 — If they sin against thee, (for there is no man which sinneth not,) and thou be angry with them, and deliver them over before their enemies, and they carry them away captives unto a land far off or nea
  • 2Sam 12:13 — And David said unto Nathan, I have sinned against the LORD. And Nathan said unto David, The LORD also hath put away thy sin; thou shalt not die.
  • Eccl 7:20 — For there is not a just man upon earth, that doeth good, and sinneth not.
  • Ezra 9:15 — O LORD God of Israel, thou art righteous: for we remain yet escaped, as it is this day: behold, we are before thee in our trespasses: for we cannot stand before thee because of this.
  • Gal 3:11 — But that no man is justified by the law in the sight of God, it is evident: for, The just shall live by faith.
  • Gal 5:17 — For the flesh lusteth against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh: and these are contrary the one to the other: so that ye cannot do the things that ye would.
  • Hos 3:5 — Afterward shall the children of Israel return, and seek the LORD their God, and David their king; and shall fear the LORD and his goodness in the latter days.
  • Isa 53:6 — All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; and the LORD hath laid on him the iniquity of us all.
  • Jas 2:11 — For he that said, Do not commit adultery, said also, Do not kill. Now if thou commit no adultery, yet if thou kill, thou art become a transgressor of the law.
  • Jer 2:22 — For though thou wash thee with nitre, and take thee much soap, yet thine iniquity is marked before me, saith the Lord GOD.
  • Job 9:2 — I know it is so of a truth: but how should man be just with God?
  • Job 9:20 — If I justify myself, mine own mouth shall condemn me: if I say, I am perfect, it shall also prove me perverse.
  • Job 9:20 — If I justify myself, mine own mouth shall condemn me: if I say, I am perfect, it shall also prove me perverse.
  • Job 9:28 — I am afraid of all my sorrows, I know that thou wilt not hold me innocent.
  • Job 10:14 — If I sin, then thou markest me, and thou wilt not acquit me from mine iniquity.
  • Job 10:14 — If I sin, then thou markest me, and thou wilt not acquit me from mine iniquity.
  • Job 15:14 — What is man, that he should be clean? and he which is born of a woman, that he should be righteous?
  • Job 22:4 — Will he reprove thee for fear of thee? will he enter with thee into judgment?
  • Job 25:4 — How then can man be justified with God? or how can he be clean that is born of a woman?
  • John 8:7 — So when they continued asking him, he lifted up himself, and said unto them, He that is without sin among you, let him first cast a stone at her.
  • Mal 3:2 — But who may abide the day of his coming? and who shall stand when he appeareth? for he is like a refiner’s fire, and like fullers’ soap:
  • Matt 18:24 — And when he had begun to reckon, one was brought unto him, which owed him ten thousand talents.
  • Nah 1:6 — Who can stand before his indignation? and who can abide in the fierceness of his anger? his fury is poured out like fire, and the rocks are thrown down by him.
  • Phil 3:9 — And be found in him, not having mine own righteousness, which is of the law, but that which is through the faith of Christ, the righteousness which is of God by faith:
  • Ps 5:5 — The foolish shall not stand in thy sight: thou hatest all workers of iniquity.
  • Ps 76:7 — Thou, even thou, art to be feared: and who may stand in thy sight when once thou art angry?
  • Ps 79:8 — O remember not against us former iniquities: let thy tender mercies speedily prevent us: for we are brought very low.
  • Ps 103:10 — He hath not dealt with us after our sins; nor rewarded us according to our iniquities.
  • Ps 119:124 — Deal with thy servant according unto thy mercy, and teach me thy statutes.
  • Ps 143:2 — And enter not into judgment with thy servant: for in thy sight shall no man living be justified.
  • Ps 143:2 — And enter not into judgment with thy servant: for in thy sight shall no man living be justified.
  • Rev 6:17 — For the great day of his wrath is come; and who shall be able to stand?
  • Rev 6:17 — For the great day of his wrath is come; and who shall be able to stand?
  • Rom 2:4 — Or despisest thou the riches of his goodness and forbearance and longsuffering; not knowing that the goodness of God leadeth thee to repentance?
  • Rom 3:20 — Therefore by the deeds of the law there shall no flesh be justified in his sight: for by the law is the knowledge of sin.