Psalms 130 (GNV)

Chapter Text

130:1 A song of degrees. Out of the deepe places haue I called vnto thee, O Lord.

130:2 Lord, heare my voyce: let thine eares attend to the voyce of my prayers.

130:3 If thou, O Lord, straightly markest iniquities, O Lord, who shall stand?

130:4 But mercie is with thee, that thou mayest be feared.

130:5 I haue waited on the Lord: my soule hath waited, and I haue trusted in his worde.

130:6 My soule waiteth on the Lord more then the morning watch watcheth for the morning.

130:7 Let Israel waite on the Lord: for with the Lord is mercie, and with him is great redemption.

130:8 And he shall redeeme Israel from all his iniquities.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "called", "iniquities", "song", "degrees", "deepe", "places", "haue", and "vnto". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "called" and "iniquities", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The local GNV text gives this verse as the immediate unit, so "called" and "iniquities" carries the first interpretive weight. In Psalms context, the local focus is worship, trust, the LORD's kingship, and covenant mercy.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "called" and "iniquities" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.