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
Geneva Bible 1599

Psalms 130

1A song of degrees. Out of the deepe places haue I called vnto thee, O Lord. 2Lord, heare my voyce: let thine eares attend to the voyce of my prayers. 3If thou, O Lord, straightly markest iniquities, O Lord, who shall stand? 4But mercie is with thee, that thou mayest be feared. 5I haue waited on the Lord: my soule hath waited, and I haue trusted in his worde. 6My soule waiteth on the Lord more then the morning watch watcheth for the morning. 7Let Israel waite on the Lord: for with the Lord is mercie, and with him is great redemption. 8And he shall redeeme Israel from all his iniquities.

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