English Standard Version
Psalms 130:1
1Out of the depths I cry to you, O Lord!
Psalms 130:1 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Out of the depths have I cried unto thee, O Lord.
- New International Version (NIV)Out of the depths I cry to you, Lord;
- New King James Version (NKJV)Out of the depths I have cried to You, O Lord;
- New Living Translation (NLT)From the depths of despair, O Lord, I call for your help.
Context of Psalms 130:1
Out of the depths I cry to you, O Lord! 2O Lord, hear my voice! Let your ears be attentive to the voice of my pleas for mercy! 3If you, O Lord, should mark iniquities, O Lord, who could stand?
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מִמַּעֲמַקִּ֖ים קְרָאתִ֣יךָ יְהוָֽה׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Psalms 130:1
- Psalms 121:1I lift up my eyes to the hills. From where does my help come?
- Psalms 122:1I was glad when they said to me, "Let us go to the house of the Lord!"
- Psalms 123:1To you I lift up my eyes, O you who are enthroned in the heavens!
- Psalms 124:1If it had not been the Lord who was on our side— let Israel now say—
- Psalms 125:1Those who trust in the Lord are like Mount Zion, which cannot be moved, but abides forever.
- Psalms 126:1When the Lord restored the fortunes of Zion, we were like those who dream.
- Psalms 127:1Unless the Lord builds the house, those who build it labor in vain. Unless the Lord watches over the city, the watchman stays awake in vain.
- Psalms 128:1Blessed is everyone who fears the Lord, who walks in his ways!
- Psalms 129:1"Greatly have they afflicted me from my youth"— let Israel now say—
- Psalms 18:4The cords of death encompassed me; the torrents of destruction assailed me;
- Psalms 25:16Turn to me and be gracious to me, for I am lonely and afflicted.
- Psalms 40:2He drew me up from the pit of destruction, out of the miry bog, and set my feet upon a rock, making my steps secure.
- Psalms 42:7Deep calls to deep at the roar of your waterfalls; all your breakers and your waves have gone over me.
- Psalms 60:1O God, you have rejected us, broken our defenses; you have been angry; oh, restore us.
- Psalms 71:20You who have made me see many troubles and calamities will revive me again; from the depths of the earth you will bring me up again.
- Psalms 88:6You have put me in the depths of the pit, in the regions dark and deep.
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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