Cry out to the Lord!

Psalm 130 teaches us how to cry out to the Lord:

1. I cry to the Lord out of the depths. (1-2)

“Out of the depths I cry to you, O LORD! O Lord, hear my voice! Let your ears be attentive to the voice of my pleas for mercy.”

2. I cry to the Lord out of my depravity. (3-4)

“If you, O LORD, should mark iniquities, O Lord, who could stand?  But with you there is forgiveness, that you may be feared.”

3. I cry to the Lord out of my darkness. (5-6)

“I wait for the LORD, my soul waits, and in his word I hope; my soul waits for the Lord more than watchmen for the morning, more than watchmen for the morning.”

When I do so cry to the Lord, I find Him faithful. (7-8)

“O Israel, hope in the LORD! For with the LORD there is steadfast love, and with him is plentiful redemption. And he will redeem Israel from all his iniquities.”