Psalms 130:1
Out of the depths have I cried unto thee, O LORD.
King James Version
In Context
2Lord, hear my voice: let thine ears be attentive to the voice of my supplications.
Cross References
Psalms 18:16He sent from above, he took me, he drew me out of many waters.
Psalms 40:2He brought me up also out of an horrible pit, out of the miry clay, and set my feet upon a rock, and established my goings.
Psalms 69:1Save me, O God; for the waters are come in unto my soul.
Psalms 71:20Thou, which hast shewed me great and sore troubles, shalt quicken me again, and shalt bring me up again from the depths of the earth.
Psalms 116:3The sorrows of death compassed me, and the pains of hell gat hold upon me: I found trouble and sorrow.
Psalms 122:1I was glad when they said unto me, Let us go into the house of the LORD.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 130:1
This psalm relates not to any temporal concern, either personal or public, but it is wholly taken up with the affairs of the soul. It is reckoned one of the seven penitential psalms, which have sometimes been made use of by penitents, upon their admission into the church; and, in singing it, we are all concerned to apply it to ourselves. The psalmist here expresses, I. His desire towards God, ver. 1, 2 . II. His repentance before God, ver. 3, 4 . III. His attendance upon God, ver. 5, 6 . IV. His expectations from… Read the whole commentary →