Psalms 85:2

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“You forgave the iniquity of Your people; You covered all their sin. Selah”

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BSBPD

“You forgave the iniquity of Your people; You covered all their sin. Selah”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“Thou hast forgiven the iniquity of thy people, thou hast covered all their sin. Selah.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“Thou hast forgiven the iniquity of thy people; Thou hast covered all their sin. [Selah”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“Thou hast borne away the iniquity of Thy people, Thou hast covered all their sin. Selah.”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Psalms 85:2 — 10 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Numbers 14:19Pardon, I pray, the iniquity of this people, in keeping with the greatness of Your loving devotion, just as You have forgiven them ever since they left Egypt.”
  2. Ezra 1:2“This is what Cyrus king of Persia says: ‘The LORD, the God of heaven, who has given me all the kingdoms of the earth, has appointed me to build a house for Him at Jerusalem in Judah.
  3. Psalms 32:1Blessed is he whose transgressions are forgiven, whose sins are covered.
  4. Psalms 78:38And yet He was compassionate; He forgave their iniquity and did not destroy them. He often restrained His anger and did not unleash His full wrath.
  5. Psalms 79:8Do not hold past sins against us; let Your compassion come quickly, for we are brought low.
  6. Psalms 126:1When the LORD restored the captives of Zion, we were like dreamers.
  7. Jeremiah 50:20In those days and at that time, declares the LORD, a search will be made for Israel’s guilt, but there will be none, and for Judah’s sins, but they will not be found; for I will forgive the remnant I preserve.
  8. Micah 7:18Who is a God like You, who pardons iniquity and passes over the transgression of the remnant of His inheritance— who does not retain His anger forever, because He delights in loving devotion?
  9. Acts 13:39Through Him everyone who believes is justified from everything you could not be justified from by the law of Moses.
  10. Colossians 2:13When you were dead in your trespasses and in the uncircumcision of your sinful nature, God made you alive with Christ. He forgave us all our trespasses,

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