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Psalm 130:3–4

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3If you, O Yah,b should keep track ofc iniquities,

O Lord, who could stand?

4But with you is forgiveness,

so that you may be feared.”

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Psalm 130:3–4: If you, O LORD, should mark iniquities, O Lord, who could stand? But with you there is forgiveness, that you may be feared.

Footnotes

  1. bA shortened form of “Yahweh”
  2. cLiterally “keep”

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

If you, O Lord, should mark iniquities,

O Lord, who could stand?

But with you there is forgiveness,

that you may be feared.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

If you, Lord, kept a record of sins,

Lord, who could stand?

But with you there is forgiveness,

so that we can, with reverence, serve you.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Lord, if you kept an account of iniquities,

Lord, who could stand?

But with you there is forgiveness,

so that you may be revered.

NLTNew Living Translation

Lord, if you kept a record of our sins,

who, O Lord, could ever survive?

But you offer forgiveness,

that we might learn to fear you.

KJV 1900King James Version

If thou, Lord, shouldest mark iniquities,

O Lord, who shall stand?

But there is forgiveness with thee,

That thou mayest be feared.