A Song of Ascents.
1Out of the depths I have cried to you, Yahweh.2Lord, hear my voice.Let your ears be attentive to the voice of my petitions.3If you, Yah, kept a record of sins,Lord, who could stand?4But there is forgiveness with you,therefore you are feared.5I wait for Yahweh.My soul waits.I hope in his word.6My soul longs for the Lord more than watchmen long for the morning,more than watchmen for the morning.7Israel, hope in Yahweh,for there is loving kindness with Yahweh.Abundant redemption is with him.8He will redeem Israel from all their sins.
What’s happening. Another Song of Ascents, and one of the psalms of repentance. The writer is in “the depths”, overwhelmed by trouble and aware of his own sin.
What it means. If God kept a record of every sin, no one could stand. But with God there is forgiveness. So the psalmist waits for the Lord, more than night watchmen wait for morning. It is honest about guilt and full of hope.