Psalm 143:2

The Passion Translation

Don’t bring me into your courtroom for judgment, for there is no one who is righteous before you.

Cross References

Romans 3:20

For by the merit of observing the law no one earns the status of being declared righteous before God, for it is the law that fully exposes and unmasks the reality of sin.

1 John 1:10

If we claim that we’re not guilty of sin when God uncovers it with his light, we make him a liar and his word is not in us.

Galatians 2:16

we know that no one receives God’s perfect righteousness as a reward for keeping the law, but only by the faith of Jesus, the Messiah! His faithfulness has saved us, and we have received God’s perfect righteousness. Now we know that God accepts no one by the keeping of religious laws!

Psalm 130:3

Lord, if you measured us and marked us with our sins, who would ever have their prayers answered?