Old Testament
Psalms 130
Overview
One of the great penitential psalms, a cry "out of the depths" for the LORD to hear and forgive. The psalmist confesses that if God kept a record of sins no one could stand, yet with Him there is forgiveness, that He may be feared. He then waits for the LORD more than watchmen wait for the morning, and calls Israel to hope in the LORD, with whom is steadfast love and plentiful redemption.
1A Song of degrees. Out of the depths have I cried unto thee, O LORD.
2Lord, hear my voice: let thine ears be attentive to the voice of my supplications.
3If thou, LORD, shouldest mark iniquities, O Lord, who shall stand?
4But there is forgiveness with thee, that thou mayest be feared.
5I wait for the LORD, my soul doth wait, and in his word do I hope.
6My soul waiteth for the Lord more than they that watch for the morning: I say, more than they that watch for the morning.
7Let Israel hope in the LORD: for with the LORD there is mercy, and with him is plenteous redemption.
8And he shall redeem Israel from all his iniquities.