Psalm 130–131

Psalm 130

A song for those who go up to Jerusalem to worship the Lord.

¹Lord, I cry out to you

because I’m suffering so deeply.

²Lord, listen to me.

Pay attention to my cry for your favor.

³Lord, suppose you kept a record of sins.

Lord, who then wouldn’t be found guilty?

⁴But you forgive.

So people have respect for you.

⁵With all my heart I wait for the Lord to help me.

I put my hope in his word.

⁶I wait for the Lord to help me.

I wait with more longing than those on guard duty wait for the morning.

I’ll say it again.

I wait with more longing than those on guard duty wait for the morning.

⁷Israel, put your hope in the Lord,

because the Lord’s love never fails.

He sets his people completely free.

⁸He himself will set Israel

free from all of their sins.

Psalm 131

A song for those who go up to Jerusalem to worship the Lord. A psalm of David.

¹Lord, my heart isn’t proud.

My eyes aren’t proud either.

I don’t concern myself with important matters.

I don’t concern myself with things that are too wonderful for me.

²I have made myself calm and content

like a young child in its mother’s arms.

Deep down inside me, I am as content as a young child.

³Israel, put your hope in the Lord

both now and forever.