Salmos 130

VBL · Chapter 130/150

1Un cántico para los peregrinos que van a Jerusalén. Señor, clamo a ti desde lo más profundo de mi dolor.

2Por favor escucha mi llanto, presta atención a lo que pido.

3Señor, si guardaras una lista de nuestros pecados, ¿Quién podría escapar de ser condenado?

4Pero tú eres un Dios perdonador y por eso debes ser respetado.

5Yo espero en el Señor, espero ansiosamente, porque confío en su palabra.

6Anhelo que el Señor vuelva, más que los vigilantes añorando el amanecer.

7Israel, deposita tus esperanzas en el Señor, porque el Señor nos ama con su inmenso amor, y su salvación no conoce límites.

8Él redimirá a Israel de todos sus pecados.

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Summary

One of the seven 'penitential psalms': 'out of the depths have I cried unto thee, O LORD' — a confession that no one could stand if God marked every sin, followed by a declaration of patient hope, 'like they that watch for the morning.'

Explanation

This eleventh 'Song of Degrees' is one of the most profound and widely used prayers of repentance in the Bible, acknowledging both the seriousness of sin and the certainty of forgiveness available in God ('there is forgiveness with thee, that thou mayest be feared' — a forgiveness that produces reverence, not contempt). The comparison of waiting for God to night watchmen waiting for the dawn (v.6) conveys both the intensity of the wait and the certainty that it will end. The application for today is that honestly acknowledging our failures before God, without despair, opens the way to renewed hope.

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