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Psalms 130

1 Out of the depths I call to you, LORD!
2 Lord, listen to my voice; let your ears be attentive to my cry for help.
3 LORD, if you kept an account of iniquities, Lord, who could stand?
4 But with you there is forgiveness, so that you may be revered.
5 I wait for the LORD; I wait and put my hope in his word.
6 I wait for the Lord more than watchmen for the morning — more than watchmen for the morning.
7 Israel, put your hope in the LORD. For there is faithful love with the LORD, and with him is redemption in abundance.
8 And he will redeem Israel from all its iniquities.

Chapter Summary

From the depths the psalmist cries for mercy, waiting for the LORD, with whom there is forgiveness and full redemption.

Book Summary

Psalms is the Bible's songbook: one hundred fifty prayers and hymns of praise, lament, thanksgiving, and trust, many attributed to David. From the depths of despair to the heights of worship, it has voiced the prayers of God's people for millennia.