Psalm 130

Trust God in times of trouble

¹Lord , I am crying aloud to you

because I have great trouble.

²My Lord God, please listen to me!

I am asking you to be kind and help me.

³Lord , if you should write down all our sins ,

nobody could stand as a righteous person.

⁴But you forgive people for their sins,

and so we give you honour .

⁵I will wait for the Lord to help me.

I trust him completely.

So I wait for him to do what he has promised.

⁶I want my Lord God to come and help me,

more than a guard at night wants the morning to come.

Yes, I want my Lord to come quickly,

even more than that.

⁷Israel's people, trust the Lord to help you.

The Lord has faithful love for his people.

He is always ready to save them.

⁸He will save Israel's people from all their sins.