Psalm 130-132 New American Standard Bible

Hope in the Lord’s Forgiving Love.

A Song of Ascents.

130 Out of the ^(A)depths I have cried to You, Lord.
²Lord, ^(B)hear my voice!
Let ^(C)Your ears be attentive
To the ^(D)sound of my pleadings.
³If You, ^[a]Lord, were to keep account of guilty deeds,
Lord, who could ^(E)stand?
⁴But there is ^(F)forgiveness with You,
So that You may be ^[b]^(G)revered.

⁵I wait for the Lord, my ^(H)soul waits,
And I ^[c]wait ^(I)for His word.
⁶My soul waits in hope for the Lord
More than the watchmen ^(J)for the morning;
Yes, more than the watchmen for the morning.
⁷Israel, ^(K)wait for the Lord;
For with the Lord there is ^(L)mercy,
And with Him is ^(M)abundant redemption.
⁸And He will ^(N)redeem Israel
From all his guilty deeds.

Childlike Trust in the Lord.

A Song of Ascents, of David.

131 Lord, my heart is not ^(O)proud, nor my eyes ^(P)arrogant;
Nor do I ^[d]involve myself in ^(Q)great matters,
Or in things ^(R)too ^[e]difficult for me.
²I have certainly ^(S)soothed and quieted my soul;
Like a weaned ^(T)child resting ^[f]against his mother,
My soul ^[g]within me is like a weaned child.
³Israel, ^(U)wait for the Lord
^(V)From this time on and forever.

Prayer for the Lord’s Blessing upon the Sanctuary.

A Song of Ascents.

132 Remember, Lord, in David’s behalf,
All ^(W)his affliction;
²How he swore to the Lord
And vowed to ^(X)the Mighty One of Jacob,
³“I certainly will not ^[h]enter ^(Y)my house,
Nor ^[i]lie on my bed;
⁴I will not ^(Z)give sleep to my eyes
Or slumber to my eyelids,
⁵Until I find a ^(AA)place for the Lord,
^[j]A dwelling place for ^(AB)the Mighty One of Jacob.”

⁶Behold, we heard about it in ^(AC)Ephrathah,
We found it in the ^(AD)field of ^[k]Jaar.
⁷Let’s go into His ^[l]^(AE)dwelling place;
Let’s ^(AF)worship at His ^(AG)footstool.
⁸^(AH)Arise, Lord, to Your ^(AI)resting place,
You and the ark of Your ^(AJ)strength.
⁹May Your priests be ^(AK)clothed with righteousness,
And may Your ^(AL)godly ones sing for joy.

¹⁰For the sake of Your servant David,
Do not turn away the face of Your ^(AM)anointed.
¹¹The Lord has ^(AN)sworn to David
A truth from which He will not turn back:
“I will set upon your throne one ^(AO)from the fruit of your body.
¹²If your sons will keep My covenant
And My testimony which I will teach them,
Their sons also will ^(AP)sit upon your throne forever.”

¹³For the Lord has ^(AQ)chosen Zion;
He has ^(AR)desired it as His dwelling place.
¹⁴“This is My ^(AS)resting place forever;
Here I will ^(AT)dwell, for I have desired it.
¹⁵I will abundantly ^(AU)bless her food;
I will ^(AV)satisfy her needy with bread.
¹⁶I will also clothe her ^(AW)priests with salvation,
And her ^(AX)godly ones will sing aloud for joy.
¹⁷I will make the ^(AY)horn of David spring forth there;
I have prepared a ^(AZ)lamp for My anointed.
¹⁸I will ^(BA)clothe his enemies with shame,
But upon himself his ^(BB)crown will gleam.”