Psalms 130
What Happens in This Chapter
Someone is in deep trouble and calls out to God for help. He says that if God kept a list of every wrong thing people did, no one could stand before him. But God forgives, so people can trust him. The writer waits for God like a night guard waiting for morning, and he tells all of Israel to hope in God too.
Plain reading written for kids. Short sentences, everyday words, one idea at a time.
Out of the depths have I cried unto thee, O LORD.
1I am in deep trouble. I call out to you, LORD.
2Lord, hear my voice: let thine ears be attentive to the voice of my supplications.
2Lord, please hear me. Listen closely as I beg you for help.
3If thou, LORD, shouldest mark iniquities, O Lord, who shall stand?
3LORD, what if you kept a list of every wrong thing? Then no one could stand before you, Lord.
4But there is forgiveness with thee, that thou mayest be feared.
4But you forgive people. So they honor you and hold you in awe.
"Feared" here does not mean scared. It means treating God with deep respect.
5I wait for the LORD, my soul doth wait, and in his word do I hope.
5I wait for the LORD. I wait with my whole heart. I put my hope in what he says.
6My soul waiteth for the Lord more than they that watch for the morning: I say, more than they that watch for the morning.
6I wait for the Lord more than guards wait for morning. Yes, more than guards wait for morning.
Guards stayed awake all night watching a city. They longed for the sun to come up so their work would end.
7Let Israel hope in the LORD: for with the LORD there is mercy, and with him is plenteous redemption.
7Israel, put your hope in the LORD. He loves his people and never stops. He saves them again and again.
8And he shall redeem Israel from all his iniquities.
8He will save Israel from every wrong thing they have done.
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