Mazmur 130:3

130:3 If you, O Lord, were to keep track of ¹  sins,

O Lord, who could stand before you? ² 

Mazmur 89:8

89:8 O Lord, sovereign God! ³ 

Who is strong like you, O Lord?

Your faithfulness surrounds you.

[130:3]  ¹ tn Heb “observe.”

[130:3]  ² tn The words “before you” are supplied in the translation for clarification. The psalmist must be referring to standing before God’s judgment seat. The rhetorical question expects the answer, “No one.”

[89:8]  ³ tn Traditionally “God of hosts.” The title here pictures the Lord as enthroned in the midst of the angelic hosts of heaven.