Psalms 130

A penitential psalm crying from the depths for mercy.

Psalms 130 - Out of the Depths I Cried

Psalm 130 begins with one of the Psalter's most quoted lines, "out of the depths have I cried unto thee, O LORD," as the writer asks who could stand if God marked every iniquity. Its urgent tone contrasts with the harsher plea against enemies in Psalms 129.


(上行 之詩。)耶和華啊,我從深處 向你求告!

主啊,求你聽 我的聲音!願 你側 耳 聽我懇求 的聲音!

主─耶和華啊,你若 究察 罪孽,誰 能站得住呢?

但 在你 有赦免之恩,要 叫人敬畏你。

我等候 耶和華,我的心 等候;我也仰望 他的話。

我的心 等候主,勝於守夜的,等候天亮,勝於守夜的,等候天亮。

以色列啊,你當仰望 耶和華!因 他 有 慈愛,有 豐盛的 救恩。

他必 救贖 以色列 脫離一切的 罪孽。

The psalmist's patient hope, waiting "more than they that watch for the morning," closely parallels the confident trust of <a href="/bible/chiun/psalms/chapter-33/20">Psalms 33:20</a>. Read more songs of ascent on the <a href="/bible/chiun/psalms">Psalms overview</a>, or move ahead to the quiet humility of <a href="/bible/chiun/psalms/chapter-131">Psalms 131</a>.