Chapter Text
130:1 Out of the depths I have cried to you, Yahweh.
130:2 Lord, hear my voice. Let your ears be attentive to the voice of my petitions.
130:3 If you, Yah, kept a record of sins, Lord, who could stand?
130:4 But there is forgiveness with you, therefore you are feared.
130:5 I wait for Yahweh. My soul waits. I hope in his word.
130:6 My soul longs for the Lord more than watchmen long for the morning; more than watchmen for the morning.
130:7 Israel, hope in Yahweh, for with Yahweh there is loving kindness. With him is abundant redemption.
130:8 He will redeem Israel from all their sins.
Study Lenses
The verse centers on "depths", "cried", "yahweh", "lord", "hear", "voice", "ears", and "attentive". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "depths" and "cried", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.
The local WEB text gives this verse as the immediate unit, so "depths" and "cried" 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 "depths" and "cried" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.