Hope in the Lord’s Forgiving Love.
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Lord, hear my voice!
Let Your ears be attentive
To the voice of my supplications.
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If You, Lord, should keep an account of our sins and treat us accordingly,
O Lord, who could stand [before you in judgment and claim innocence]?(A)
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Out of the (a)depths [of distress] I have cried to You, O Lord.
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Lord, hear my voice!
Let Your ears be attentive
To the voice of my supplications.
If You, Lord, should keep an account of our sins and treat us accordingly,
O Lord, who could stand [before you in judgment and claim innocence]?(A)
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I wait [patiently] for the Lord, my soul [expectantly] waits,
And in His word do I hope.
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My soul waits for the Lord
More than the watchmen for the morning;
More than the watchmen for the morning.
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O Israel, hope in the Lord;
For with the Lord there is lovingkindness,
And with Him is abundant redemption.
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And He will redeem Israel
From all his sins.
I wait [patiently] for the Lord, my soul [expectantly] waits,
And in His word do I hope.
My soul waits for the Lord
More than the watchmen for the morning;
More than the watchmen for the morning.
O Israel, hope in the Lord;
For with the Lord there is lovingkindness,
And with Him is abundant redemption.
And He will redeem Israel
From all his sins.
Footnotes:
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Psalm 130:1: The Psalmist probably used “depths” figuratively, but the ancient rabbis understood this as an admonition to pray from a low place (in elevation) as a matter of humility.