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Psalms 65:3

ForgivenessSinGuilt and conscienceThe cross and atonement

1 Praise waiteth for thee, O God, in Sion: and unto thee shall the vow be performed.

2 O thou that hearest prayer, unto thee shall all flesh come.

Iniquities prevail against me: as for our transgressions, thou shalt purge them away.

4 Blessed is the man whom thou choosest, and causest to approach unto thee, that he may dwell in thy courts: we shall be satisfied with the goodness of thy house, even of thy holy temple.

5 By terrible things in righteousness wilt thou answer us, O God of our salvation; who art the confidence of all the ends of the earth, and of them that are afar off upon the sea:

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BSB
When iniquities prevail against me, You atone for our transgressions.
KJV
Iniquities prevail against me: as for our transgressions, thou shalt purge them away.
WEB
Sins overwhelmed me, but you atoned for our transgressions.
ASV
Iniquities prevail against me: As for our transgressions, thou wilt forgive them.
DARBY
Iniquities have prevailed against me: our transgressions, thou wilt forgive them.
BLB
Matters of iniquities prevail against me—our transgressions, You wipe them away!
ÅB
Når misgjerningene mine er blitt for store for meg, så tilgir du våre overtredelser.
OTB
Misgjerninger råder over meg;
Når det gjelder våre overtredelser, tilgir du dem.
B1930
Når mine misgjerninger er blitt mig for svære, så forlater du våre overtredelser.

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • Psalms 38:4

    For mine iniquities are gone over mine head: as an heavy burden they are too heavy for me.

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  • Isaiah 6:7

    And he laid it upon my mouth, and said, Lo, this hath touched thy lips; and thine iniquity is taken away, and thy sin purged.

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  • Psalms 79:9

    Help us, O God of our salvation, for the glory of thy name: and deliver us, and purge away our sins, for thy name’s sake.

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  • 1 John 1:7–9

    But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin.

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  • Hebrews 9:14

    How much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without spot to God, purge your conscience from dead works to serve the living God?

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  • Galatians 5:17

    For the flesh lusteth against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh: and these are contrary the one to the other: so that ye cannot do the things that ye would.

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  • Zechariah 13:1

    In that day there shall be a fountain opened to the house of David and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem for sin and for uncleanness.

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  • Revelation 1:5

    And from Jesus Christ, who is the faithful witness, and the first begotten of the dead, and the prince of the kings of the earth. Unto him that loved us, and washed us from our sins in his own blood,

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