Daily Psalms - Classical Psalms Every Day

Out of the Depths: Waiting, Forgiveness, and Quiet Hope (Psalms 130 and 131)

This script presents Psalms 130 and 131, both titled “A Song of degrees.” Psalm 130 is a cry to the Lord from “the depths,” pleading to be heard and confessing that if God were to mark iniquities none could stand, yet affirming that there is forgiveness with the Lord. The psalmist describes a posture of waiting, hoping in God’s word, and longing for the Lord more than watchmen wait for morning, then calls Israel to hope in the Lord because with him are mercy and “plenteous redemption,” and he will redeem Israel from all iniquities. Psalm 131 follows with a humble, quiet heart that refuses haughtiness or pursuits “too high,” and pictures the soul as a weaned child resting with its mother. It closes by urging Israel to hope in the Lord “from henceforth and for ever,” joining confession, forgiveness, humble stillness, and enduring trust in God.

00:00 Psalm 130 Intro: A Song of Degrees
00:07 Out of the Depths: Cry for Mercy & Forgiveness
00:27 Waiting on the Lord: Hope, Mercy, and Redemption
00:54 Psalm 131: Humility and Childlike Trust
01:23 Conclusion: Hope in the Lord Forever

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Psalm 130 - A Song of degrees

Out of the depths have I
cried unto thee, O Lord.

Lord, hear my voice: let
thine ears be attentive to

the voice of my supplications.

If thou, Lord, shouldest mark
iniquities, O Lord, who shall stand?

But there is forgiveness with
thee, that thou mayest be feared.

I wait for the Lord, my soul doth
wait, and in his word do I hope.

My soul waiteth for the Lord more than
they that watch for the morning: I say,

more than they that watch for the morning.

Let Israel hope in the Lord: for
with the Lord there is mercy, and

with him is plenteous redemption.

And he shall redeem Israel
from all his iniquities.

Psalm 131 - A Song of degrees

Lord, my heart is not haughty,
nor mine eyes lofty: neither do I

exercise myself in great matters,
or in things too high for me.

Surely I have behaved and quieted myself,
as a child that is weaned of his mother:

my soul is even as a weaned child.

Let Israel hope in the Lord
from henceforth and for ever.