Psalms 130:3 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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Chapter 130

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

Psalms 130:3 —

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Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Psalms 143:2
And enter not into judgment with thy servant: for in thy sight shall no man living be justified.
Psalms 76:7
Thou, even thou, art to be feared: and who may stand in thy sight when once thou art angry?
Romans 3:20-24
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. …
John 8:7-9
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. …
Revelation 6:17
For the great day of his wrath is come; and who shall be able to stand?

Topics

Afflictions and Adversities Atheism Attributes of God Blessing Contrition Conviction Depravity of Man Enquiring of God

Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 1-4)

In these verses we are taught, I. Whatever condition we are in, though ever so deplorable, to continue calling upon God, Ps. 130:1. The best men may sometimes be in the depths, in great trouble and affliction, and utterly at a loss what to do, in the depths of distress and almost in the depths of despair, the spirit low and dark, sinking and drooping, cast down and disquieted. But, in the greatest…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 3)

3. shouldest mark--or, “take strict account” (Job 10:14; 14:16), implying a confession of the existence of sin. who shall stand--(Psa 1:6). Standing is opposed to the guilty sinking down in fear and self-condemnation (Mal 3:2; Re 6:15, 16). The question implies a negative, which is thus more strongly stated.