Parallel Verses

Holman Bible

Iniquities overwhelm me;
only You can atone for our rebellions.

New American Standard Bible

Iniquities prevail against me;
As for our transgressions, You forgive them.

King James Version

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

International Standard Version

My acts of iniquity they overwhelm me! Our transgressions you blot them out!

A Conservative Version

Iniquities prevail against me. As for our transgressions, thou will forgive them.

American Standard Version

Iniquities prevail against me: As for our transgressions, thou wilt forgive them.

Amplified


Wickedness and guilt prevail against me;
Yet as for our transgressions,
You forgive them [removing them from Your sight].

Bible in Basic English

Evils have overcome us: but as for our sins, you will take them away.

Darby Translation

Iniquities have prevailed against me: our transgressions, thou wilt forgive them.

Julia Smith Translation

The words of iniquities were strong above me: our transgressions thou wilt cover them.

King James 2000

Iniquities prevail against me: as for our transgressions, you shall purge them away.

Lexham Expanded Bible

Iniquities prevail over me. As for our transgressions, you will {forgive} them.

Modern King James verseion

Things of iniquity are mightier than I; as for our transgressions, You shall purge them away.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

Our misdeeds prevail against us; O be thou merciful unto our sins.

NET Bible

Our record of sins overwhelms me, but you forgive our acts of rebellion.

New Heart English Bible

Sins overwhelmed me, but you atoned for our transgressions.

The Emphasized Bible

Iniquitous things, have been too strong for me, As for our transgressions, wilt, thou, by propitiation remove them.

Webster

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

World English Bible

Sins overwhelmed me, but you atoned for our transgressions.

Youngs Literal Translation

Matters of iniquities were mightier than I, Our transgressions -- Thou dost cover them.

Context Readings

God's Care For The Earth

2 All humanity will come to You,
the One who hears prayer.
3 Iniquities overwhelm me;
only You can atone for our rebellions.
4 How happy is the one You choose
and bring near to live in Your courts!
We will be satisfied with the goodness of Your house,
the holiness of Your temple.


Cross References

Psalm 38:4

For my sins have flooded over my head;
they are a burden too heavy for me to bear.

Psalm 79:9

God of our salvation, help us
for the glory of Your name.
Deliver us and atone for our sins,
because of Your name.

Psalm 40:12

For troubles without number have surrounded me;
my sins have overtaken me; I am unable to see.
They are more than the hairs of my head,
and my courage leaves me.

Isaiah 6:7

He touched my mouth with it and said:

Now that this has touched your lips,
your wickedness is removed
and your sin is atoned for.

Hebrews 9:14

how much more will the blood of the Messiah, who through the eternal Spirit offered Himself without blemish to God, cleanse our consciences from dead works to serve the living God?

2 Samuel 12:7-13

Nathan replied to David, “You are the man! This is what the Lord God of Israel says: ‘I anointed you king over Israel, and I delivered you from the hand of Saul.

Psalm 51:2-3

Wash away my guilt
and cleanse me from my sin.

Psalm 51:7

Purify me with hyssop, and I will be clean;
wash me, and I will be whiter than snow.

Isaiah 1:18-19

“Come, let us discuss this,”
says the Lord.
“Though your sins are like scarlet,
they will be as white as snow;
though they are as red as crimson,
they will be like wool.

Micah 7:8-9

Do not rejoice over me, my enemy!
Though I have fallen, I will stand up;
though I sit in darkness,
the Lord will be my light.

Zechariah 13:1

“On that day a fountain will be opened for the house of David and for the residents of Jerusalem, to wash away sin and impurity.

John 1:29

The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him and said, “Here is the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!

Romans 7:23-25

But I see a different law in the parts of my body, waging war against the law of my mind and taking me prisoner to the law of sin in the parts of my body.

Galatians 5:17

For the flesh desires what is against the Spirit, and the Spirit desires what is against the flesh; these are opposed to each other, so that you don’t do what you want.

1 John 1:7-9

But if we walk in the light as He Himself is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus His Son cleanses us from all sin.

Revelation 1:5

and from Jesus Christ, the faithful witness, the firstborn from the dead and the ruler of the kings of the earth.

To Him who loves us and has set us free from our sins by His blood,

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