Psalms 130:2

Psalms 130:2 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Lord, hear my voice: let thine ears be attentive to the voice of my supplications.
• New International Version (NIV)Lord, hear my voice. Let your ears be attentive to my cry for mercy.
• English Standard Version (ESV)O Lord, hear my voice! Let your ears be attentive to the voice of my pleas for mercy!
• New King James Version (NKJV)Lord, hear my voice! Let Your ears be attentive To the voice of my supplications.

Context of Psalms 130:2

1Out of the depths I cry to You, O LORD! O Lord, hear my voice; let Your ears be attentive to my plea for mercy. 3If You, O LORD, kept track of iniquities, then who, O Lord, could stand? 4But with You there is forgiveness, so that You may be feared.

Psalms 130:2 word by word

אֲדֹנָי֮ שִׁמְעָ֪ה בְק֫וֹלִ֥י תִּהְיֶ֣ינָה אָ֭זְנֶיךָ קַשֻּׁב֑וֹת לְ֝ק֗וֹל תַּחֲנוּנָֽי׃Read the interlinear

• O Lordאֲדֹנָי'ădônây · LordH136
• hearשָׁמַעshâma‛ · to hear: hearH8085
• my voiceקוֹלqôl qôl · voiceH6963
• let Your earsאֹ֫זֶן'ôzen · earH241
• beהָיָהhâyâh · to beH1961
• attentiveקַשֻּׁבqashshâb qashshûb · attentiveH7183
• to my plea for mercyתַּחֲנוּןtachănûn tachănûnâh · supplicationH8469

Cross-references for Psalms 130:2

• Psalms 5:1Give ear to my words, O LORD; consider my groaning.
• Psalms 17:1Hear, O LORD, my righteous plea; listen to my cry. Give ear to my prayer— it comes from lips free of deceit.
• Psalms 55:1Listen to my prayer, O God, and do not ignore my plea.
• Psalms 61:1Hear my cry, O God; attend to my prayer.
• 2 Chronicles 6:40Now, my God, may Your eyes be open and Your ears attentive to the prayer offered in this place.
• Nehemiah 1:6let Your eyes be open and Your ears attentive to hear the prayer that I, Your servant, now pray before You day and night for Your servants, the Israelites. I confess the sins that we Israelites have committed against You. Both I and my father’s house have sinned.
• Isaiah 37:17Incline Your ear, O LORD, and hear; open Your eyes, O LORD, and see. Listen to all the words that Sennacherib has sent to defy the living God.
• Daniel 9:17So now, our God, hear the prayers and petitions of Your servant. For Your sake, O Lord, cause Your face to shine upon Your desolate sanctuary.

Commentaries on Psalms 130:2

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 2Lord, hear my voice - This is the prayer; this is what he cried. It is the language of earnest pleading. Let thine ears be attentive to the voice of my supplications - Do not turn away from me; do not disregard my cry. See the notes at Psalm 5:1.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

Topics related to Psalms 130:2

• Afflictions and Adversities
• Prayer
• Repentance

In the dictionaries

• Degrees, Song of
• Hallel
• Psalms
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• Attent; Attentive
• Degree
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• Dial of Ahaz
• Ear
• Hallelujah

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