130:2 O Lord, listen to me! 1
Pay attention to 2 my plea for mercy!
130:3 If you, O Lord, were to keep track of 3 sins,
O Lord, who could stand before you? 4
130:4 But 5 you are willing to forgive, 6
so that you might 7 be honored. 8
1 tn Heb “my voice.”
2 tn Heb “may your ears be attentive to the voice of.”
3 tn Heb “observe.”
4 tn The words “before you” are supplied in the translation for clarification. The psalmist must be referring to standing before God’s judgment seat. The rhetorical question expects the answer, “No one.”
5 tn Or “surely.”
6 tn Heb “for with you [there is] forgiveness.”
7 tn Or “consequently you are.”
8 tn Heb “feared.”