Psalm 130:3-4 New English Translation
3 If you, O Lord, were to keep track of[a] sins,
O Lord, who could stand before you?[b]
4 But[c] you are willing to forgive,[d]
so that you might[e] be honored.[f]
Footnotes
- Psalm 130:3 tn Heb “observe.”
- Psalm 130:3 tn The words “before you” are supplied in the translation for clarification. The psalmist must be referring to standing before God’s judgment seat. The rhetorical question expects the answer, “No one.”
- Psalm 130:4 tn Or “surely.”
- Psalm 130:4 tn Heb “for with you [there is] forgiveness.”
- Psalm 130:4 tn Or “consequently you are.”
- Psalm 130:4 tn Heb “feared.”
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