Psalm

Hope for the Redemption of Yahweh

A song of ascents.[a]

130 
Out of the depths I call to you, O Yahweh.

“O Lord, hear my voice.

Let your ears be attentive

to the voice of my supplications.

If you, O Yah,[b] should keep track of[c] iniquities,

O Lord, who could stand?

But with you is forgiveness,

so that you may be feared.”

I await Yahweh; my soul awaits,

and I wait[d] for his word.

My soul waits for the Lord

more than watchmen for the morning.

Yes, more than watchmen for the morning.

O Israel, wait[e] for Yahweh.

For with Yahweh there is loyal love,

and with him there is abundant redemption.

And he will redeem Israel

from all its iniquities.

Footnotes

  1. Psalm 130:1 The Hebrew Bible counts the superscription as the first verse of the psalm
  2. Psalm 130:3 A shortened form of “Yahweh”
  3. Psalm 130:3 Literally “keep”
  4. Psalm 130:5 Or “hope,” here and v. 7, though the Hebrew uses a different verbal stem in v. 7
  5. Psalm 130:7 Or “hope”