Revised Standard Version RSV
GOD'S WORD Translation GW
1 A Song of Ascents. Out of the depths I cry to thee, O LORD!
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O LORD, out of the depths I call to you.
2 Lord, hear my voice! Let thy ears be attentive to the voice of my supplications!
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O Lord, hear my voice. Let your ears be open to my pleas for mercy.
3 If thou, O LORD, shouldst mark iniquities, Lord, who could stand?
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O LORD, who would be able to stand if you kept a record of sins?
4 But there is forgiveness with thee, that thou mayest be feared.
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But with you there is forgiveness so that you can be feared.
5 I wait for the LORD, my soul waits, and in his word I hope;
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I wait for the LORD, my soul waits, and with hope I wait for his word.
6 my soul waits for the LORD more than watchmen for the morning, more than watchmen for the morning.
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My soul waits for the LORD more than those who watch for the morning, more than those who watch for the morning.
7 O Israel, hope in the LORD! For with the LORD there is steadfast love, and with him is plenteous redemption.
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O Israel, put your hope in the LORD, because with the LORD there is mercy and with him there is unlimited forgiveness.
8 And he will redeem Israel from all his iniquities.
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He will rescue Israel from all its sins.
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