Psalms

The Psalter is Israel’s hymnbook: lament, praise, thanksgiving, royal psalms, and wisdom. It trains the heart to speak to God in trouble and in joy, and it points ahead to the Messiah.

Author: David and others
Date: c. 1400–400 BC
Theme: Prayers and songs for every season of the life of faith.
Key verses: Psalm 23; Psalm 51; Psalm 119:105
American King James

Psalms 130

1¶ A song of degrees. Out of the depths have I cried to you, O LORD. 2Lord, hear my voice: let your ears be attentive to the voice of my supplications. 3If you, LORD, should mark iniquities, O Lord, who shall stand? 4But there is forgiveness with you, that you may be feared. 5I wait for the LORD, my soul does wait, and in his word do I hope. 6My soul waits for the Lord more than they that watch for the morning: I say, more than they that watch for the morning. 7Let Israel hope in the LORD: for with the LORD there is mercy, and with him is plenteous redemption. 8And he shall redeem Israel from all his iniquities.

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