Psalms

Psalm 130:1–3

¹A song of ascents.

Out of the depths

I cry to You, O LORD!

²O 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?

Word by word

Each English word or phrase beside the Hebrew it translates, in the order of the English. Choose a number to open that word’s study.

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
A song	שִׁ֥יר	šîr	Noun - masculine singular construct	H7892 song
of ascents	הַֽמַּעֲל֑וֹת	ham·ma·‘ă·lō·wṯ	Article; Noun - feminine plural	H4609 what comes up
Out of the depths	מִמַּעֲמַקִּ֖ים	mim·ma·‘ă·maq·qîm	Preposition-m; Noun - masculine plural	H4615 deep
I cry to You	קְרָאתִ֣יךָ	qə·rā·ṯî·ḵā	Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular; second person masculine singular	H7121 call, proclaim, read
O LORD	יְהוָֽה׃	Yah·weh	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H3068 Yahweh

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
O Lord	אֲדֹנָי֮	’ă·ḏō·nāy	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H136 lord
hear	שִׁמְעָ֪ה	šim·‘āh	Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular; third person feminine singular	H8085 hear
my voice	בְק֫וֹלִ֥י	ḇə·qō·w·lî	Preposition-b; Noun - masculine singular construct; first person common singular	H6963 sound, voice
let Your ears	אָ֭זְנֶיךָ	’ā·zə·ne·ḵā	Noun - feminine dual construct; second person masculine singular	H241 ear
be	תִּהְיֶ֣ינָה	tih·ye·nāh	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person feminine plural	H1961 fall out, come to pass, become, be
attentive	קַשֻּׁב֑וֹת	qaš·šu·ḇō·wṯ	Adjective - feminine plural	H7183 attentive
to my plea for mercy	תַּחֲנוּנָֽי׃	ta·ḥă·nū·nāy	Noun - masculine plural construct; first person common singular	H8469 supplication for favour

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
If You	אִם־	’im-	Conjunction	H518 if
O LORD	יָ֑הּ	yāh	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H3050 Jah
kept track	תִּשְׁמָר־	tiš·mār-	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular	H8104 keep, watch, preserve
of iniquities	עֲוֺנ֥וֹת	‘ă·wō·nō·wṯ	Noun - common plural	H5771 iniquity, guilt, or punishment of iniquity
who	מִ֣י	mî	Interrogative	H4310 who?
O Lord	אֲ֝דֹנָ֗י	’ă·ḏō·nāy	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H136 lord
could stand	יַעֲמֹֽד׃	ya·‘ă·mōḏ	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular	H5975 take one's stand, stand

Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.

Psalm 130:1 Hebrews 5:7 · Psalm 42:7 · Psalm 69:14–15 · Jonah 2:2–4 · Lamentations 3:53–55 · Psalm 116:3–4 · Psalm 71:20 · Psalm 69:1–2 · Psalm 25:16–18 · Psalm 40:2 · Psalm 18:16 · Psalm 124:1

Psalm 130:2 2 Chronicles 6:40 · Nehemiah 1:11 · Isaiah 37:17 · Psalm 61:1–2 · Psalm 140:6 · Psalm 55:1–2 · Daniel 9:17–19 · Nehemiah 1:6 · Psalm 17:1 · Psalm 28:2 · Psalm 64:1 · Psalm 5:1–2

Psalm 130:3 Psalm 143:2 · Psalm 76:7 · Romans 3:20–24 · John 8:7–9 · Nahum 1:6 · Job 10:14 · Revelation 6:17 · Job 15:14 · Malachi 3:2 · Isaiah 53:6 · Job 9:20 · Job 9:2–3

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.