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Psalms 130:1
1Out of the depths [of distress] I have cried to You, O Lord.
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Context of Psalms 130:1
Out of the depths [of distress] I have cried to You, O Lord. 2Lord, hear my voice! Let Your ears be attentive To the voice of my supplications. 3If You, Lord, should keep an account of our sins and treat us accordingly, O Lord, who could stand [before you in judgment and claim innocence]?
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מִמַּעֲמַקִּ֖ים קְרָאתִ֣יךָ יְהוָֽה׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Psalms 130:1
- Psalms 121:1I will lift up my eyes to the hills [of Jerusalem]— From where shall my help come?
- Psalms 122:1I was glad when they said to me, “Let us go to the house of the Lord.”
- Psalms 123:1Unto you I lift up my eyes, O You who are enthroned in the heavens!
- Psalms 124:1“If it had not been the Lord who was on our side,” Let Israel now say,
- Psalms 125:1Those who trust in and rely on the Lord [with confident expectation] Are like Mount Zion, which cannot be moved but remains forever.
- Psalms 126:1When the Lord brought back the captives to Zion (Jerusalem), We were like those who dream [it seemed so unreal].
- Psalms 127:1Unless the Lord builds the house, They labor in vain who build it; Unless the Lord guards the city, The watchman keeps awake in vain.
- Psalms 128:1Blessed [happy and sheltered by God’s favor] is everyone who fears the Lord [and worships Him with obedience], Who walks in His ways and lives according to His commandments.
- Psalms 129:1“Many times they have persecuted me (Israel) from my youth,” Let Israel now say,
- Psalms 18:4The cords of death surrounded me, And the streams of ungodliness and torrents of destruction terrified me.
- Psalms 25:16Turn to me [Lord] and be gracious to me, For I am alone and afflicted.
- Psalms 40:2He brought me up out of a horrible pit [of tumult and of destruction], out of the miry clay, And He set my feet upon a rock, steadying my footsteps and establishing my path.
- Psalms 42:7Deep calls to deep at the [thundering] sound of Your waterfalls; All Your breakers and Your waves have rolled over me.
- Psalms 60:1O God, You have rejected us and cast us off. You have broken [down our defenses and scattered] us; You have been angry; O restore us and turn again to us.
- Psalms 71:20You who have shown me many troubles and distresses Will revive and renew me again, And will bring me up again from the depths of the earth.
- Psalms 88:6You have laid me in the lowest pit, In dark places, in the depths.
Commentaries on Psalms 130:1
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 1Out of the depths - The word rendered “depths” is from a verb - עמק ‛âmaq - which means to be deep; then, to be unsearchable; then, to make deep; and it would apply to anything low, deep, or profound, as the ocean, a pit, or a valley. The word used here occurs elsewhere only in the following places: Psalm 69:2, Psalm 69:14, where it is rendered “deep,” applied to waters; and Isaiah 51:10; Ezekiel 27:34, where it is rendered “depths.” The word, as used…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 1The psalmist's hope in prayer. (1-4) His patience in hope. (5-8) Verses 1-4 The only way of relief for a sin-entangled soul, is by applying to God alone. Many things present themselves as diversions, many things offer themselves as remedies, but the soul finds that the Lord alone can heal. And until men are sensible of the guilt of sin, and quit all to come at once to God, it is in vain for them to expect any relief. The Holy Ghost gives to such poor…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-3A cry from the depths comes from a place of deep distress (compare Psalm 69:2, 14; Isaiah 51:10; Ezekiel 27:34). Feeling weak, the psalmist prays for God's favor.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-81-2. depths--for great distress (Psa 40:2; 69:3).Read the comment
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Commentaries on Psalms 130
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- The Treasury of David
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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