My Soul Waits for the Lord
A Song of Ascents.
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Out of c the depths I cry to you, O Lord!
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O Lord, hear my voice!
d Let your ears be attentive
to e the voice of my pleas for mercy!
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If you, O Lord, should f mark iniquities,
O Lord, who could g stand?
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But with you there is h forgiveness,
i that you may be feared.
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I j wait for the Lord, k my soul waits,
and l in his word I hope;
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my soul m waits for the Lord
more than n watchmen for o the morning,
more than watchmen for the morning.
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O Israel, p hope in the Lord!
For q with the Lord there is steadfast love,
and with him is plentiful redemption.
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And he will r redeem Israel
from all his iniquities.
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Cross References
Psalms 120:1
In my distress I called to the Lord, and he answered me.
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Cross References
Psalms 69:2
I sink in deep mire, where there is no foothold; I have come into deep waters, and the flood sweeps over me.
Psalms 69:14
Deliver me from sinking in the mire; let me be delivered from my enemies and from the deep waters.
Lamentations 3:55
I called on your name, O Lord, from the depths of the pit.
Jonah 2:2
Saying, "I called out to the Lord, out of my distress, and he answered me; out of the belly of Sheol I cried, and you heard my voice.
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Cross References
Psalms 86:6
Give ear, O Lord, to my prayer; listen to my plea for grace.
2 Chronicles 6:40
Now, O my God, let your eyes be open and your ears attentive to the prayer of this place.
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Psalms 140:6
I say to the Lord, You are my God; give ear to the voice of my pleas for mercy, O Lord!
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Psalms 90:8
You have set our iniquities before you, our secret sins in the light of your presence.
Job 10:14
If I sin, you watch me and do not acquit me of my iniquity.
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Psalms 76:7
But you, you are to be feared! Who can stand be...
Amos 2:15
He who handles the bow shall not stand, and he ...
Nahum 1:6
Who can stand before his indignation? Who can e...
Malachi 3:2
But who can endure the day of his coming, and w...
Ephesians 6:13
Therefore take up the whole armor of God, that ...
Revelation 6:17
For the great day of their wrath has come, and ...
Psalms 143:2
Enter not into judgment with your servant, for ...
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Cross References
Psalms 130:7
O Israel, hope in the Lord! For with the Lord there is steadfast love, and with him is plentiful redemption.
Isaiah 55:7
Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts; let him return to the Lord, that he may have compassion on him, and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.
Daniel 9:9
To the Lord our God belong mercy and forgiveness, for we have rebelled against him
Psalms 86:5
For you, O Lord, are good and forgiving, abounding in steadfast love to all who call upon you.
Psalms 86:15
But you, O Lord, are a God merciful and gracious, slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love and faithfulness.
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Cross References
1 Kings 8:39 - 40
Then hear in heaven your dwelling place and forgive and act and render to each whose heart you know, according to all his ways ( for you, you only, know the hearts of all the children of mankind).
Jeremiah 33:8 - 9
I will cleanse them from all the guilt of their sin against me, and I will forgive all the guilt of their sin and rebellion against me.
Romans 2:4
Or do you presume on the riches of his kindness and forbearance and patience, not knowing that God's kindness is meant to lead you to repentance?
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Psalms 40:1
I waited patiently for the Lord ; he inclined to me and heard my cry.
Isaiah 8:17
I will wait for the Lord, who is hiding his face from the house of Jacob, and I will hope in him.
Isaiah 26:8
In the path of your judgments, O Lord, we wait for you; your name and remembrance are the desire of our soul.
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Psalms 33:20
Our soul waits for the Lord ; he is our help and our shield.
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Psalms 119:74
Those who fear you shall see me and rejoice, because I have hoped in your word.
Psalms 119:81
My soul longs for your salvation; I hope in your word.
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Psalms 123:2
Behold, as the eyes of servants look to the hand of their master, as the eyes of a maidservant to the hand of her mistress, so our eyes look to the Lord our God, till he has mercy upon us.
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Psalms 63:6
When I remember you upon my bed, and meditate on you in the watches of the night.
Psalms 119:147
I rise before dawn and cry for help; I hope in your words.
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Psalms 5:3
O Lord, in the morning you hear my voice; in the morning I prepare a sacrifice for you and watch.
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Psalms 131:3
O Israel, hope in the Lord from this time forth and forevermore.
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Psalms 130:4
But with you there is forgiveness, that you may be feared.
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Psalms 111:9
He sent redemption to his people; he has commanded his covenant forever. Holy and awesome is his name!
Luke 1:68
Blessed be the Lord God of Israel, for he has visited and redeemed his people
Titus 2:14
Who gave himself for us to redeem us from all lawlessness and to purify for himself a people for his own possession who are zealous for good works.
Matthew 1:21
She will bear a son, and you shall call his name Jesus, for he will save his people from their sins.
Psalms 25:22
Redeem Israel, O God, out of all his troubles.
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