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Psalm 130:5-6

5 I wait for the LORD; my soul does wait, and in His word I put my hope.

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

Psalm 130:5-6 · BSB

Psalm 130:5-6 in context

The verses around it, from Psalm 130.

1 A song of ascents. Out of the depths I cry to You, O LORD!

2 O Lord, hear my voice; let Your ears be attentive to my plea for mercy.

3 If You, O LORD, kept track of iniquities, then who, O Lord, could stand?

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

5 I wait for the LORD; my soul does wait, and in His word I put my hope.

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

7 O Israel, put your hope in the LORD, for with the LORD is loving devotion, and with Him is redemption in abundance.

8 And He will redeem Israel from all iniquity.

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Psalm 130:5-6 in other translations

KJV

I wait for the LORD, my soul doth wait, and in his word do I hope. My soul [waiteth] for the Lord more than they that watch for the morning: [I say, more than] they that watch for the morning.

ASV

I wait for Jehovah, my soul doth wait, And in his word do I hope. My soul waiteth for the Lord More than watchmen wait for the morning; Yea, more than watchmen for the morning.

ERV

I wait for the LORD, my soul doth wait, and in his word do I hope. My soul looketh for the Lord, more than watchmen look for the morning; yea, more than watchmen for the morning.

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