1    Out of the depths I cry to you, O Lord!
2     O Lord, hear my voice!
Let your ears be attentive
to the voice of my pleas for mercy!
3 If you, O Lord, should mark iniquities,
O Lord, who could stand?
4 But with you there is forgiveness,
that you may be feared.
5 I wait for the Lord, my soul waits,
and in his word I hope;
6 my soul waits for the Lord
more than watchmen for the morning,
more than watchmen for the morning.
7 O Israel, hope in the Lord!
For with the Lord there is steadfast love,
and with him is plentiful redemption.
8 And he will redeem Israel
from all his iniquities.  Psalm 130

1. True Prayer is learned

Psalm 130:1, Jonah 2:1-4

2. Knowledge of our sinfulness and God’s holiness deepens

Psalm 130:2-3, Luke 5:8

3. Knowledge of God’s grace and mercy experienced

Psalm 130:4, Psalm 86:5, Jeremiah 33:8

4. Desire for the Person of the Lord intensifies

Psalm 130:5-6, Psalm 25:3-5, Psalm 63:1

5. Trust in God’s Word matures

Psalm 130:5, Psalm 56:4, Psalm 56:10-11, Psalm 119:25, Psalm 119:28, 2 Corinthians 1:18-20

6. Discipline and submission to God develops

Psalm 130:6, James 1:2-4, Matthew 24:36-42, 1 Thess. 1:6-10, Psalm 130:7-8, Titus 2:11-13