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.


Господи! не надмевалось сердце мое и не возносились очи мои, и я не входил в великое и для меня недосягаемое.

Не смирял ли я и не успокаивал ли души моей, как дитяти, отнятого от груди матери? душа моя была во мне, как дитя, отнятое от груди.

Да уповает Израиль на Господа отныне и вовек.

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