New Revised Standard NRS
The Bible in Basic English BBE
1 Out of the depths I cry to you, O Lord.
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<A Song of the going up.> Out of the deep have I sent up my cry to you, O Lord.
2 Lord, hear my voice! Let your ears be attentive to the voice of my supplications!
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Lord, let my voice come before you: let your ears be awake to the voice of my prayer.
3 If you, O Lord, should mark iniquities, Lord, who could stand?
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O Jah, if you took note of every sin, who would go free?
4 But there is forgiveness with you, so that you may be revered.
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But there is forgiveness with you, so that you may be feared.
5 I wait for the Lord, my soul waits, and in his word I hope;
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I am waiting for the Lord, my soul is waiting for him, and my hope is in his word.
6 my soul waits for the Lord more than those who watch for the morning, more than those who watch for the morning.
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My soul is watching for the Lord more than those who are watching for the morning; yes, more than the watchers for the morning.
7 O Israel, hope in the Lord! For with the Lord there is steadfast love, and with him is great power to redeem.
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O Israel, have hope in the Lord; for with the Lord is mercy and full salvation.
8 It is he who will redeem Israel from all its iniquities.
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And he will make Israel free from all his sins.
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