# Psalms 130.3-4

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**Book:** [Psalms](/codex/psalms/) · NASB95

## Immediate context (±2 verses)

**ASV** ([ASV](/codex/asv/))
> 1. <sup>A Song of Ascents.</sup> Out of the depths have I cried unto thee, O Jehovah. 2. Lord, hear my voice: Let thine ears be attentive To the voice of my supplications.
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> **3. If thou, Jehovah, shouldest mark iniquities, O Lord, who could stand? 4. But there is forgiveness with thee, That thou mayest be feared.**
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> 5. I wait for Jehovah, my soul doth wait, And in his word do I hope. 6. My soul waiteth for the Lord More than watchmen wait for the morning; Yea, more than watchmen for the morning. (Psalms 130:1-6, ASV)

**WEB** ([WEB](/codex/web/))
> 1. <b>A Song of Ascents. </b> Out of the depths I have cried to you, Yahweh. 2. Lord, hear my voice. Let your ears be attentive to the voice of my petitions.
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> **3. If you, Yah, kept a record of sins, Lord, who could stand? 4. But there is forgiveness with you, therefore you are feared.**
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> 5. I wait for Yahweh. My soul waits. I hope in his word. 6. My soul longs for the Lord more than watchmen long for the morning; more than watchmen for the morning. (Psalms 130:1-6, WEB)

**KJV** ([KJV](/codex/kjv/))
> 1. A Song of degrees. Out of the depths have I cried unto thee, O LORD. 2. Lord, hear my voice: let thine ears be attentive to the voice of my supplications.
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> **3. If thou, LORD, shouldest mark iniquities, O Lord, who shall stand? 4. But there is forgiveness with thee, that thou mayest be feared.**
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> 5. I wait for the LORD, my soul doth wait, and in his word do I hope. 6. My soul waiteth for the Lord more than they that watch for the morning: I say, more than they that watch for the morning. <sup>I say: or, which watch unto</sup> (Psalms 130:1-6, KJV)

**YLT** ([YLT](/codex/ylt/))
> 1. A Song of the Ascents. From depths I have called Thee, Jehovah. 2. Lord, hearken to my voice, Thine ears are attentive to the voice of my supplications.
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> **3. If iniquities Thou dost observe, O Lord, who doth stand? 4. But with Thee [is] forgiveness, that Thou mayest be feared.**
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> 5. I hoped [for] Jehovah, hoped hath my soul, And for His word I have waited. 6. My soul [is] for the Lord, More than those watching for morning, Watching for morning! (Psalms 130:1-6, YLT)

## Setting

- **Speaker:** _TBD_
- **Audience:** _TBD_
- **Location:** _TBD_
- **Time period:** _TBD_

## Theological reading

_Patristic / early-church-father exegesis, to be added._

## Key words

_Theologically-loaded Greek or Hebrew words in this verse may have entries in the lexicon. Curated to roughly 100 contested terms across the corpus, not every word._

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## Quoted in

**Concepts:**

- [100 Verses of Compassion and God's Goodness](/codex/100-verses-of-compassion-and-gods-goodness/)

**Lexicon:**

- [H5771 - avon](/codex/h5771-avon/), via [Psalms 130.3](/codex/psalms-130-3/)

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## Notes

_Your annotations._

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## Why these four translations

ris3n chose ASV, WEB, KJV, and YLT for two reasons together. They are the **most literal English translations available** (formal-equivalence: word-for-word renderings that preserve the Hebrew and Greek grammar rather than smoothing it into modern dynamic-equivalence idiom). And they are in the **public domain in the United States**, which means fair-use quotation at any length requires no publisher license. Modern licensed translations (NASB95, ESV, NIV) restrict volume of quotation under their copyright terms, so they are not used at stub-level coverage here. NASB95 appears only on hand-curated rich passage hubs under Lockman Foundation's fair-use allowance.

The four:

- **[ASV](/codex/asv/)** (American Standard Version, 1901). The basis of the modern critical-text English tradition.
- **[WEB](/codex/web/)** (World English Bible, contemporary). Public-domain revision in the ASV line, in current English.
- **[KJV](/codex/kjv/)** (King James Version, 1611). Reformation-era, Textus Receptus base.
- **[YLT](/codex/ylt/)** (Young's Literal Translation, Robert Young, 1862). Hyper-literal preservation of Hebrew and Greek grammar; useful for word-study work even where English reads stiff.

See [Bibles](/codex/bibles/) for the full per-translation history, translators, textual basis, strengths, and weaknesses.