> [[psalm-129|← Previous]] | [[psalm-00|TOC]] | [[psalm-131|Next →]] --- # Psalm 130 ## Prayer for Pardon and Mercy 1 A song of ascents. ### I Out of the depths I call to you, LORD; 2 Lord, hear my cry! May your ears be attentive to my cry for mercy. 3 If you, LORD, keep account of sins, Lord, who can stand? 4 But with you is forgiveness and so you are revered. ### II 5 I wait for the LORD, my soul waits and I hope for his word. 6 My soul looks for the Lord more than sentinels for daybreak. More than sentinels for daybreak, 7 let Israel hope in the LORD, For with the LORD is mercy, with him is plenteous redemption, 8 And he will redeem Israel from all its sins. \* (Psalm 130) This lament, a Penitential Psalm, is the *De profundis* used in liturgical prayers for the faithful departed. In deep sorrow the psalmist cries to God ([Ps 130:1] – [2]), asking for mercy ([Ps 130:3] – [4]). The psalmist’s trust ([Ps 130:5] – [6]) becomes a model for the people ([Ps 130:7] – [8]). \* (130:1) The depths: Sheol here is a metaphor of total misery. Deep anguish makes the psalmist feel “like those descending to the pit” ([Ps 143:7]). \* (130:4) And so you are revered: the experience of God’s mercy leads one to a greater sense of God. a. (130:2) ([[psalm-05|Ps 5]]:2] – [3]; [55:2] – [3]; [86:6]; [Lam 3:55] – [56]; [Jon 2:3]. b. (130:3) [Na 1:6]. c. (130:5) [Ps 119:81]. d. (130:6) [[isaiah-21|Is 21]]:11; [26:9]. e. (130:7) [Ps 86:15]; [100:5]; [103:8]. f. (130:8) ([[psalm-25|Ps 25]]:22]; ([[matthew-01|Mt 1]]:21]. --- _New American Bible, revised edition_ (2010, 1991, 1986, 1970) Confraternity of Christian Doctrine, Washington, D.C. > [[psalm-129|← Previous]] | [[psalm-00|TOC]] | [[psalm-131|Next →]]