Psalm 130

Easy-to-Read Version

A song for going up to the Temple.

130 Lord, I am in deep trouble,
    so I am calling to you for help.
²My Lord, listen to me.
    Listen to my cry for help.
³Lord, if you punished people for all their sins,
    no one would be left alive.
⁴But you forgive people,
    so they fear and respect you.

⁵I am waiting for the Lord to help me.
    My soul waits for him.
    I trust what he says.
⁶I am waiting for my Lord,
    like a guard waiting and waiting for the morning to come.
⁷Israel, trust in the Lord.
    The Lord is the one who is faithful and true.
He saves us again and again,
⁸    and he is the one who will save the people of Israel from all their sins.