Psalm 130
A penitential psalm crying out from the depths. If God kept a record of sins, no one could stand. But with God there is forgiveness, so he is feared. The psalmist waits for God more than watchmen wait for morning. Israel's hope is in God's unfailing love and full redemption.
PsalmsPsalm 130 of 1508 versesBerean Standard Bible
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A song of ascents.
Out of the depths I cry to You, O LORD!
O Lord, hear my voice; let Your ears be attentive to my plea for mercy.
If You, O LORD, kept track of iniquities, then who, O Lord, could stand?
But with You there is forgiveness, so that You may be feared.
I wait for the LORD; my soul does wait, and in His word I put my hope.
My soul waits for the Lord more than watchmen wait for the morning—more than watchmen wait for the morning.
O Israel, put your hope in the LORD, for with the LORD is loving devotion, and with Him is redemption in abundance.
And He will redeem Israel from all iniquity.
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“And I will cleanse them from all the iniquity they have committed against Me, and will forgive all their sins of rebellion against Me.”
“Let the wicked man forsake his way and the unrighteous man his thoughts; let him return to the LORD, that He may have compassion, and to our God, for He will freely pardon.”
“Therefore the LORD longs to be gracious to you; therefore He rises to show you compassion, for the LORD is a just God. Blessed are all who wait for Him.”
“Our soul waits for the LORD; He is our help and our shield.”
“In Him we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of His grace”
Cross-references from OpenBible.info, licensed CC BY.
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