Psalm 130

English Standard Version

My Soul Waits for the Lord

1 A Song of Ascents. Out of the depths I cry to you, O Lord! (Ps 69:2; Ps 69:14; Ps 120:1; La 3:55; Jon 2:2) 

2 O Lord, hear my voice! Let your ears be attentive to the voice of my pleas for mercy! (2Ch 6:40; Ps 86:6; Ps 140:6) 

3 If you, O Lord, should mark iniquities, O Lord, who could stand? (Job 10:14; Ps 76:7; Ps 90:8; Ps 143:2; Am 2:15; Na 1:6; Mal 3:2; Eph 6:13; Re 6:17) 

4 But with you there is forgiveness, that you may be feared. (1Ki 8:39; Ps 86:5; Ps 86:15; Ps 130:7; Isa 55:7; Jer 33:8; Da 9:9; Ro 2:4) 

5 I wait for the Lord, my soul waits, and in his word I hope; (Ps 33:20; Ps 40:1; Ps 119:74; Ps 119:81; Isa 8:17; Isa 26:8) 

6 my soul waits for the Lord more than watchmen for the morning, more than watchmen for the morning. (Ps 5:3; Ps 63:6; Ps 119:147; Ps 123:2) 

7 O Israel, hope in the Lord! For with the Lord there is steadfast love, and with him is plentiful redemption. (Ps 130:4; Ps 131:3) 

8 And he will redeem Israel from all his iniquities. (Ps 25:22; Ps 111:9; Mt 1:21; Lu 1:68; Tit 2:14) 

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Psalm 130

New International Reader’s Version

A song for those who go up to Jerusalem to worship the Lord.

1 LORD, I cry out to you because I’m suffering so deeply. 

2 Lord, listen to me. Pay attention to my cry for your mercy. 

3 LORD, suppose you kept a close watch on sins. Lord, who then wouldn’t be found guilty? 

4 But you forgive. So we can serve you with respect. 

5 With all my heart I wait for the LORD to help me. I put my hope in his word. 

6 I wait for the Lord to help me. I want his help more than night watchmen want the morning to come. I’ll say it again. I want his help more than night watchmen want the morning to come. 

7 Israel, put your hope in the LORD, because the LORD’s love never fails. He sets his people completely free. 

8 He himself will set Israel free from all their sins. 

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