Psalm 130

An ascending song.

 


From deep within, my yearning call

Lord, I cry out to Thee

O Lord please hear my crying

Tune in your ears to me

Has not my ceaseless pleading

Reached up to where you'd be?

I'm in the depths of grieving

Have you not heard from me?

 

Lord you are full of mercy

So I can call on Thee

If Thou should number all my wrong

Lord, you'd still be counting me.

Since none stands clean before You

We all have gone astray

But you extend forgiveness

And with that fear I'll pray.

 

Now for the Lord I'm waiting

My soul waits for His word

My hope in waiting for Him still

Is only in the Lord

More than the guard who's watching

For dawn the sky to light

My wait is all my hoping

My Lord is my delight.

 

Hope in the Lord, O Israel

His love for you is sure

His rescue He has promised

Complete and still much more.

Israel, trust His great mercy

He gives Himself to You

His offer of forgiveness

From all the evil that you do.


 

BCW May 18, 2004.