And He will redeem Israel from all iniquity.
Parallel translations
- WEB He will redeem Israel from all their sins.
- KJV And he shall redeem Israel from all his iniquities.
- NKJV And He shall redeem Israel From all his iniquities.
- NASB And He will redeem Israel From all his guilty deeds.
- NLT He himself will redeem Israel from every kind of sin.
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Quick answer
God Himself will redeem Israel from all their sins. It promises complete deliverance from sin by God's own initiative.
Overview
The psalm closes with the assurance that the Lord will redeem His people from all their iniquities, not partially but fully. Redemption is God's work from start to finish. This promise is fulfilled in Jesus, named Savior because He saves His people from their sins.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 6
- Luke 1:68“Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel, because He has visited and redeemed His people.
- Titus 2:14He gave Himself for us to redeem us from all lawlessness and to purify for Himself a people for His own possession, zealous for good deeds.
- Rom 6:14For sin shall not be your master, because you are not under law, but under grace.
- Matt 1:21She will give birth to a Son, and you are to give Him the name Jesus, because He will save His people from their sins.”
- 1 Jn 3:5–8But you know that Christ appeared to take away sins, and in Him there is no sin.
- Ps 103:3–4He who forgives all your iniquities and heals all your diseases,
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Christ at the center
The Psalms are Christ's own prayer book and a gallery of his portraits — the suffering one of Psalm 22, the risen Lord of Psalm 16, the priest-king of Psalm 110, the Son to whom the nations are given.
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