Psalms 65:3
Iniquities prevail against me: as for our transgressions, thou shalt purge them away.
Psalms 65:3 in other translations
| BSB | When iniquities prevail against me, You atone for our transgressions. |
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| WEB | Sins overwhelmed me, but you atoned for our transgressions. |
| ASV | Iniquities prevail against me: As for our transgressions, thou wilt forgive them. |
| YLT | Matters of iniquities were mightier than I, Our transgressions--Thou dost cover them. |
| DARBY | Iniquities have prevailed against me: our transgressions, thou wilt forgive them. |
| BBE | Evils have overcome us: but as for our sins, you will take them away. |
| Webster | Iniquities prevail against me: as for our transgressions, thou shalt purge them away. |
What does Psalms 65:3 mean?
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Adam Clarke's Commentary
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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Psalms 65:1-5
All the praise the Lord receives from this earth is from Zion, being the fruit of the Spirit of Christ, and acceptable through him. Praise is silent unto thee, as wanting words to express the great goodness of God. He reveals himself upon a mercy-seat, ready to hear and answer the prayers of all who come unto him by faith in Jesus Christ. Our sins prevail against us; we cannot pretend to balance them with any…
Psalms 65:3 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Psalms 65:3
- Psalms 38:4
For mine iniquities are gone over mine head: as an heavy burden they are too heavy for me.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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. If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
- 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?
- 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.
- 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.
- 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,
- Psalms 40:12
For innumerable evils have compassed me about: mine iniquities have taken hold upon me, so that I am not able to look up; they are more than the hairs of mine head: therefore my heart faileth me.
- John 1:29
The next day John seeth Jesus coming unto him, and saith, Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world.
- Psalms 51:2-3
Wash me throughly from mine iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin. For I acknowledge my transgressions: and my sin is ever before me.
- Micah 7:8-9
Rejoice not against me, O mine enemy: when I fall, I shall arise; when I sit in darkness, the Lord shall be a light unto me. I will bear the indignation of the Lord, because I have sinned against him, until he plead my cause, and execute judgment for me: he will bring me forth to the light, and I shall behold his righteousness.
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Context
- Psalms 65:2
O thou that hearest prayer, unto thee shall all flesh come.
- Psalms 65:3
Iniquities prevail against me: as for our transgressions, thou shalt purge them away.
- Psalms 65:4
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.
Psalms 65:3 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Palabras de iniquidades me sobrepujaron: mas nuestras rebeliones tú las perdonarás. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Ô toi qui écoutes la prière! toute chair viendra à toi. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Ungerechtigkeiten haben mich überwältigt; unsere Übertretungen, du wirst sie vergeben. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Dicite Deo: Quam terribilia sunt opera tua, Domine! in multitudine virtutis tuæ mentientur tibi inimici tui. |