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And He will redeem Israel From all his guilty deeds.
Psalms 130:8 · New American Standard Bible
Parallel translations
  • WEB He will redeem Israel from all their sins.
  • KJV And he shall redeem Israel from all his iniquities.
  • BSB And He will redeem Israel from all iniquity.
  • NKJV And He shall redeem Israel From all his iniquities.
  • 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, for he has visited and redeemed his people;
  • Titus 2:14who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify for himself a people for his own possession, zealous for good works.
  • Rom 6:14For sin will not have dominion over you. For you are not under law, but under grace.
  • Matt 1:21She shall give birth to a son. You shall call his name Jesus, for it is he who shall save his people from their sins.”
  • 1 Jn 3:5–8You know that he was revealed to take away our sins, and in him is no sin.
  • Ps 103:3–4who forgives all your sins; who heals all your diseases;

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Commentaries & study tools

  • VideoBibleProject — Psalms videosBibleProject · Lay · Free · evangelical

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  • CommentaryEnduring Word — verse-by-verseDavid Guzik · Lay · Free · evangelical

    Clear, readable, conservative exposition — the best free place to start on any passage.

  • CommentaryClassic commentaries for this verseBibleHub (20+ works) · Pastoral · Free

    Matthew Henry, Barnes, Gill, the Pulpit Commentary, Ellicott, Cambridge, and more — stacked on one page for this exact verse.

  • CommentaryMatthew Henry on PsalmsMatthew Henry · Pastoral · Free · evangelical

    The beloved Puritan exposition of this whole book — warm, devotional, and verse by verse (free, CCEL).

  • ReferenceInterlinear, lexicon & Strong'sBlue Letter Bible · Seminary · Free

    Hebrew/Greek interlinear, word definitions, and cross-references for this verse.

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.

How Psalms 130:8 points to him is part of the one story that runs through all Scripture — meet Jesus at the heart of the web, or follow a trail that traces him from Genesis to Revelation.

Original language

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