3 If you, Lord, kept a record of sins,

Lord, who could stand?

3 If you, O Lord, should mark iniquities,

O Lord, who could stand?

3 If thou, Lord, shouldest mark iniquities,

O Lord, who shall stand?

3 Lord, if you kept a record of our sins,

who, O Lord, could ever survive?

3 If You, Lord, should mark iniquities,

O Lord, who could stand?

3 Lord, if you punished people for all their sins,

no one would be left, Lord.

3 If thou, Jehovah, shouldest mark iniquities,

O Lord, who could stand?

3 If thou, Jah, shouldest mark iniquities, Lord, who shall stand?

3 O Lord, who would be able to stand 

if you kept a record of sins? 

3 Yahweh, if You considered sins,

Lord, who could stand?

3 If you, O Lord, should mark iniquities,

Lord, who could stand?

3 If you, O Yah, should keep track of iniquities,

O Lord, who could stand?

3 Lord, suppose you kept a record of sins.

Lord, who then wouldn’t be found guilty?