Psalms 130

A Cry from the Abyss

4 passages

Overview

In this great penitential psalm, the De Profundis, the psalmist cries to God from the uttermost depths of sin and anguish, confesses that no one could stand before a God who kept strict account of iniquity, waits for God's forgiveness with the taut expectancy of a night watchman straining for dawn, and calls all Israel to hope in the Lord who alone will ransom his people completely from sin.

Passages

1–2The Cry from the Depths 3–4The Abyss of Mercy: Sin, Record, and the God Who Forgives 5–6Waiting in the Dark: The Soul's Vigil for God 7–8Israel's Hope and the Redeemer of All Sin

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Psalms 130

¹A Song of Ascents. Out of the depths I have cried to you, Yahweh.

²Lord, hear my voice. Let your ears be attentive to the voice of my petitions.

³If you, Yah, kept a record of sins, Lord, who could stand?

⁴But there is forgiveness with you, therefore you are feared.

⁵I wait for Yahweh. My soul waits. I hope in his word.

⁶My soul longs for the Lord more than watchmen long for the morning, more than watchmen for the morning.

⁷Israel, hope in Yahweh, for there is loving kindness with Yahweh. Abundant redemption is with him.

⁸He will redeem Israel from all their sins.

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