Theologa | Psalms 130:130:1

שִׁיר הַמַּעֲלוֹת מִמַּעֲמַקִּים קְרָאתִיךָ יְהוָה׃

A Song of Ascents. Out of the depths have I called Thee, O LORD.

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אֲדֹנָי שִׁמְעָה בְקוֹלִי תִּהְיֶינָה אָזְנֶיךָ קַשֻּׁבוֹת לְקוֹל תַּחֲנוּנָי׃

Lord, hearken unto my voice; let Thine ears be attentive to the voice of my supplications.

אִם־עֲוֺנוֹת תִּשְׁמָר־יָהּ אֲדֹנָי מִי יַעֲמֹד׃

If Thou, LORD, shouldest mark iniquities, O Lord, who could stand?

כִּי־עִמְּךָ הַסְּלִיחָה לְמַעַן תִּוָּרֵא׃

For with Thee there is forgiveness, that Thou mayest be feared.

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קִוִּיתִי יְהוָה קִוְּתָה נַפְשִׁי וְלִדְבָרוֹ הוֹחָלְתִּי׃

I wait for the LORD, my soul doth wait, and in His word do I hope.

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נַפְשִׁי לַאדֹנָי מִשֹּׁמְרִים לַבֹּקֶר שֹׁמְרִים לַבֹּקֶר׃

My soul waiteth for the Lord, more than watchmen for the morning; yea, more than watchmen for the morning.

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יַחֵל יִשְׂרָאֵל אֶל־יְהוָה כִּי־עִם־יְהוָה הַחֶסֶד וְהַרְבֵּה עִמּוֹ פְדוּת׃

O Israel, hope in the LORD; for with the LORD there is mercy, and with Him is plenteous redemption.

וְהוּא יִפְדֶּה אֶת־יִשְׂרָאֵל מִכֹּל עֲוֺנֹתָיו׃

And He will redeem Israel from all his iniquities.

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Out of the depths

'Out of the depths have I cried unto thee, O LORD' opens one of the penitential psalms and one of the most frequently set to music across Christian history, often known by its Latin title 'De Profundis.' The psalm insists that if God kept a record of...

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