Psalms 130:3
If thou, Lord, shouldest mark iniquities, O Lord, who shall stand?
Çalışma Notu
Study Note
The rhetorical question 'if you, Lord, should mark iniquities, O Lord, who shall stand?' anticipates its own answer: no one — and therefore forgiveness, not merit, must be the basis of any relationship with God. The De Profundis (Psalm 130) is one of the seven Penitential Psalms in Christian tradition, and this verse has been foundational in articulating the logic of grace: human standing before God depends entirely on divine pardon. Luther cited this psalm repeatedly in articulating his doctrine of justification, noting that even the most righteous person cannot survive divine scrutiny. Romans 3:23 ('all have sinned and fall short') and Romans 3:20 ('by works of the law no flesh will be justified') develop the same theological logic.
Diğer Çeviriler
If thou, Jehovah, shouldest mark iniquities, O Lord, who could stand?
If iniquities Thou dost observe, O Lord, who doth stand?
O Jah, if you took note of every sin, who would go free?
Çapraz Referanslar
What is man, that he should be clean? and he which is born of a woman, that he should be …
If I sin, then thou markest me, and thou wilt not acquit me from mine iniquity.
If I justify myself, mine own mouth shall condemn me: if I say, I am perfect, it shall also prove …
If he will contend with him, he cannot answer him one of a thousand.
I know it is so of a truth: but how should man be just with God?
All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; and the Lord hath …
But who may abide the day of his coming? and who shall stand when he appeareth? for he is like …
For the great day of his wrath is come; and who shall be able to stand?
And enter not into judgment with thy servant: for in thy sight shall no man living be justified.
Thou, even thou, art to be feared: and who may stand in thy sight when once thou art angry?