Psalms 130

The AIT Bible

A Cry from the Depths

1A Song of Ascents. Out of the depths I call out to you, Yahweh.

2Lord, hear my voice; let your ears be attentive to the voice of my pleas for mercy.

3If you should keep watch over iniquities, Yah, Lord, who could stand?

4But with you there is forgiveness, so that you may be feared.

5I wait for Yahweh; my soul waits, and for his word I hope.

6My soul waits for the Lord more than watchmen for the morning, watchmen for the morning.

7Hope, Israel, in Yahweh, for with Yahweh there is loyal love, and with him is abundant redemption.

8And he himself will redeem Israel from all its iniquities.

Where this passage connects across Scripture — each link typed and reasoned, part of the AIT Bible Nexus Chart.

echoed in Lamentations 3:55 — Both cry out to Yahweh from the depths/pit.
echoed in Matthew 1:18 — 'He will save his people from their sins' echoes the promise that the LORD will redeem Israel from all iniquities.
echoed in Psalms 131:1 — Near-identical exhortation for Israel to wait/hope in Yahweh, linking these adjacent Songs of Ascents.
allusion Titus 2:14 — Redemption from all iniquities is echoed in the description of Christ redeeming a people from all lawlessness.
echoed in Titus 2:11 — Christ redeeming his people from all lawlessness echoes the promise that God will redeem Israel from all its iniquities.
thematic Exodus 34:6 — The theme of God as forgiving iniquity echoes the classic self-revelation of Yahweh as forgiving sin.
thematic Matthew 1:21 — The promise that he will redeem Israel from all its iniquities echoes in the naming of Jesus who will save his people from their sins.
thematic Psalms 143:2 — Both declare that no one could be justified or stand if God marked/judged iniquities.
thematic Psalms 86:15 — Both attribute abundant loyal love (hesed) to Yahweh as ground for hope.
thematic Psalms 25:1 — Both close with a prayer for God to redeem Israel from its troubles/iniquities.