Psalm 130, side by side

Two versions of the same chapter. Each row is one verse, so you can see how the wording changes.

Modern

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

Classic

1Out of the depths have I cried unto thee, O LORD.

Modern

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

Classic

2Lord, hear my voice: let thine ears be attentive to the voice of my supplications.

Modern

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

Classic

3If thou, LORD, shouldest mark iniquities, O Lord, who shall stand?

Modern

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

Classic

4But there is forgiveness with thee, that thou mayest be feared.

Modern

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

Classic

5I wait for the LORD, my soul doth wait, and in his word do I hope.

Modern

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

Classic

6My soul waiteth for the Lord more than they that watch for the morning: I say, more than they that watch for the morning.

Modern

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

Classic

7Let Israel hope in the LORD: for with the LORD there is mercy, and with him is plenteous redemption.

Modern

8And He will redeem Israel from all iniquity.

Classic

8And he shall redeem Israel from all his iniquities.

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