English Standard Version ESV
New International Version NIV
1 Out of the depths I cry to you, O LORD!
1
Out of the depths I cry to you, LORD;
2 O Lord, hear my voice! Let your ears be attentive to the voice of my pleas for mercy!
2
Lord, hear my voice. Let your ears be attentive to my cry for mercy.
3 If you, O LORD, should mark iniquities, O Lord, who could stand?
3
If you, LORD, kept a record of sins, Lord, who could stand?
4 But with you there is forgiveness, that you may be feared.
4
But with you there is forgiveness, so that we can, with reverence, serve you.
5 I wait for the LORD, my soul waits, and in his word I hope;
5
I wait for the LORD, my whole being waits, and in his word I put my hope.
6 my soul waits for the Lord more than watchmen for the morning, more than watchmen for the morning.
6
I wait for the Lord more than watchmen wait for the morning, more than watchmen wait for the morning.
7 O Israel, hope in the LORD! For with the LORD there is steadfast love, and with him is plentiful redemption.
7
Israel, put your hope in the LORD, for with the LORD is unfailing love and with him is full redemption.
8 And he will redeem Israel from all his iniquities.
8
He himself will redeem Israel from all their sins.
The English Standard Version is published with the permission of Good News Publishers.
Scripture quoted by permission. Quotations designated (NIV) are from THE HOLY BIBLE: NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION®. NIV®. Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica. All rights reserved worldwide.