Psaume 130:1-7

1 Cantique de Maaloth. O Éternel, je t'invoque des lieux profonds.

2 Seigneur, écoute ma voix! Que tes oreilles soient attentives à la voix de mes supplications!

3 Éternel, si tu prends garde aux iniquités, Seigneur, qui subsistera?

4 Mais le pardon se trouve auprès de toi, afin qu'on te craigne.

5 J'ai attendu l'Éternel; mon âme l'a attendu, et j'ai eu mon espérance en sa parole.

6 Mon âme attend le Seigneur, plus que les sentinelles n'attendent le matin.

7 Israël, attends-toi à l'Éternel, car la miséricorde est auprès de l'Éternel, et la rédemption se trouve en abondance auprès de lui.

Psaume 130:1-7 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO PSALM 130

\\<>\\. This psalm is by some thought to have been written by David either when persecuted by Saul, and in great distress, and fearful he should perish by him; or else when in great distress of mind because of sin, after the affair of Bathsheba; and it is reckoned therefore among the penitential psalms. Though others think it was written by Ezra, or some other godly person in the captivity; and Aben Ezra and R. Obadiah interpret it of Israel in captivity. The Syriac inscription is, ``one of the psalms of ascension: it is said concerning Nehemiah the priest (or rather the prince or governor, since Nehemiah was no priest); and it intimates in it the prayer of the martyrs.'' It may be applied to any person in distress, outward or inward; applying to God for help and deliverance, for pardoning grace and mercy; encouraging himself and others to hope for it.