KJV ORIGINAL
If thou, LORD, shouldest mark iniquities, O Lord, who shall stand?
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✦ MADE SIMPLE
If you, Lord, kept a record of all our sins, O Lord, who could stand before you?
⚡ THE BOTTOM LINE
The writer is acknowledging that if God counted every sin we've committed, no one would be able to stand in His presence because we're all imperfect.
📚 Historical Context
This verse comes from one of the 'Songs of Ascents' that Jewish pilgrims would sing while traveling up to Jerusalem for religious festivals. The psalmist is expressing the universal human condition of sinfulness and our desperate need for God's mercy and forgiveness.
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