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Psalm 65

Psa. 65:3 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Iniquities
`avon (Hebrew #5771)
from 5753; perversity, i.e. (moral) evil
KJV usage: fault, iniquity, mischeif, punishment (of iniquity), sin.
Pronounce: aw-vone'
Origin: or oavown (2 Kings 7:9; Psalm 51:5 (7)) {aw-vone'}
dabar (Hebrew #1697)
a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause
KJV usage: act, advice, affair, answer, X any such (thing), because of, book, business, care, case, cause, certain rate, + chronicles, commandment, X commune(-ication), + concern(-ing), + confer, counsel, + dearth, decree, deed, X disease, due, duty, effect, + eloquent, errand, (evil favoured-)ness, + glory, + harm, hurt, + iniquity, + judgment, language, + lying, manner, matter, message, (no) thing, oracle, X ought, X parts, + pertaining, + please, portion, + power, promise, provision, purpose, question, rate, reason, report, request, X (as hast) said, sake, saying, sentence, + sign, + so, some (uncleanness), somewhat to say, + song, speech, X spoken, talk, task, + that, X there done, thing (concerning), thought, + thus, tidings, what(-soever), + wherewith, which, word, work.
Pronounce: daw-baw'
Origin: from 1696
ηprevail
gabar (Hebrew #1396)
to be strong; by implication, to prevail, act insolently
KJV usage: exceed, confirm, be great, be mighty, prevail, put to more (strength), strengthen, be stronger, be valiant.
Pronounce: gaw-bar'
Origin: a primitive root
against me: as for our transgressions
pesha` (Hebrew #6588)
a revolt (national, moral or religious)
KJV usage: rebellion, sin, transgression, trespass.
Pronounce: peh'-shah
Origin: from 6586
, thou shaltv purge them away
kaphar (Hebrew #3722)
to cover (specifically with bitumen); figuratively, to expiate or condone, to placate or cancel
KJV usage: appease, make (an atonement, cleanse, disannul, forgive, be merciful, pacify, pardon, purge (away), put off, (make) reconcile(-liation).
Pronounce: kaw-far'
Origin: a primitive root
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Iniquities.
Heb. Words, or Matters, of Iniquities.
prevail.
Psa. 38:4• 4For mine iniquities have passed over my head;{HR}As a heavy burden they are too heavy for me. (Psa. 38:4)
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Psa. 40:12• 12For evils till there is no number have encompassed me;{HR}Mine iniquities have overtaken me, and I have not been able to see;{HR}They are more than the hairs of my head, and my heart hath left me. (Psa. 40:12)
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2 Sam. 12:7‑13• 7And Nathan said to David, Thou art the man. Thus saith Jehovah God of Israel, I anointed thee king over Israel, and I delivered thee out of the hand of Saul;
8and I gave thee thy master's house, and thy master's wives into thy bosom, and gave thee the house of Israel and of Judah; and if that had been too little, I would moreover have given unto thee such and such things.
9Wherefore hast thou despised the commandment of Jehovah, to do evil in his sight? thou hast killed Uriah the Hittite with the sword, and hast taken his wife to be thy wife, and hast slain him with the sword of the children of Ammon.
10Now therefore the sword shall never depart from thine house; because thou hast despised me, and hast taken the wife of Uriah the Hittite to be thy wife.
11Thus saith Jehovah, Behold, I will raise up evil against thee out of thine own house, and I will take thy wives before thine eyes, and give them unto thy neighbour, and he shall lie with thy wives in the sight of this sun.
12Thou didst it secretly: but I will do this thing before all Israel, and before the sun.
13And David said unto Nathan, I have sinned against Jehovah. And Nathan said unto David, Jehovah also hath put away thy sin; thou shalt not die.
(2 Sam. 12:7‑13)
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Mic. 7:8‑9• 8Rejoice not against me, O mine enemy: though I fall, I shall arise; when I sit in darkness, Jehovah shall be a light unto me.
9I will bear the indignation of Jehovah—for I have sinned against him—until he plead my cause, and execute judgment for me: he will bring me forth to the light; I shall behold his righteousness.
(Mic. 7:8‑9)
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Rom. 7:23‑25• 23but I see a different law in my members warring against the law of my mind, and making me captive to the law of sin that is in my members.
24Wretched man that I [am]! who shall deliver me out of this body of death?
25I thank God through Jesus Christ our Lord. So then I myself with the mind am serving God's law, but with the flesh sin's law.
(Rom. 7:23‑25)
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Gal. 5:17• 17For the flesh lusteth against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh; and these things are opposed one to another, that ye should not do those things which ye would; (Gal. 5:17)
transgressions.
Psa. 51:2‑3,7• 2Wash me thoroughly from mine iniquity,{HR}And cleanse me from my sin.
3For I acknowledge my transgressions,{HR}And my sin is continually before me.
7Purge me with hyssop,{HR}And I shall be clean; wash me,{HR}And I shall be whiter than snow.
(Psa. 51:2‑3,7)
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Psa. 79:9• 9Help us, O God of our salvation,{HR}For the sake of the glory of thy name and deliver us,{HR}And forgive our sins because of thy name. (Psa. 79:9)
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Isa. 1:18‑19• 18Come now, and let us reason together, saith Jehovah: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool.
19If ye be willing and obedient, ye shall eat the good of the land:
(Isa. 1:18‑19)
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Isa. 6:7• 7and he laid [it] upon my mouth and said, Lo, this hath touched thy lips, and thine iniquity is taken away, and thy sin is expiated. (Isa. 6:7)
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Zech. 13:1• 1In that day there shall be a fountain opened to the house of David and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem for sin and for uncleanness. (Zech. 13:1)
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John 1:29• 29On the morrow he seeth Jesus coming unto him, and saith, Behold, the Lamb of God that taketh away the sin of the world! (John 1:29)
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Heb. 9:14• 14by how much rather shall the blood of the Christ, who by [the] eternal Spirit offered himself spotless to God, purify your conscience from dead works to serve a living God? (Heb. 9:14)
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1 John 1:7‑9• 7But if we walk in the light as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus [Christ] his Son cleanseth us from all sin.
8If we say that we have no sin, we mislead ourselves, and the truth is not in us.
9If we confess our sins, he is faithful and righteous to forgive us the sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
(1 John 1:7‑9)
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Rev. 1:5• 5and from Jesus Christ, the faithful witness, the first-born of the dead, and the prince of the kings of the earth. To him that loveth us and washed us from our sins in his blood, (Rev. 1:5)
 The godly confess the cause of the silence in Zion. Their iniquities have prevailed against them. Nevertheless there is the confidence that God will purge them away, in the consciousness that the godly are the objects of sovereign grace. (Psalm 65 by H. Smith)
 But after their sins are confessed and put away, they draw near to the Lord rejoicing in their salvation (vs. 3-5). (Book 2. by B. Anstey)

J. N. Darby Translation

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

JND Translation Notes

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Lit. "make atonement," as Lev. 16.30; Deut. 21.8; Ps. 78.38; 79.9. see Note g, Lev. 5.6.

W. Kelly Translation

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Iniquitiesa have been far too strong for me:{HR}Our transgressions, thou wilt purge (cover) them.

WK Translation Notes

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Lit., words or matters of.