King James Version
Psalms 130:3 in the King James Version says “If thou, LORD, shouldest mark iniquities, O Lord, who shall stand?” — study this verse from Psalms chapter 130 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“If thou, LORD, shouldest mark iniquities, O Lord, who shall stand?”
Psalms 130:3 · KJV
A Song of degrees. Out of the depths have I cried unto thee, O LORD.
Lord, hear my voice: let thine ears be attentive to the voice of my supplications.
If thou, LORD, shouldest mark iniquities, O Lord, who shall stand?
But there is forgiveness with thee, that thou mayest be feared.
I wait for the LORD, my soul doth wait, and in his word do I hope.
KJV Study — Public Domain
used very widely as demonstrative, lo!; interrogative, whether?; or conditional, if, although; also oh that!, when; hence, as a negative, not
“shouldest mark”
H8104properly, to hedge about (as with thorns), i.e., guard; generally, to protect, attend to, etc
who? (occasionally, by a peculiar idiom, of things); also (indefinitely) whoever; often used in oblique construction with prefix or suffix
“who shall stand”
H5975to stand, in various relations (literal and figurative, intransitive and transitive)
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