Psalms 130:1
A song of ascents.
What it says
Out of the depths the speaker cries to the Lord.
What it is doing
This verse opens the psalm at the point of need and desperation.
In context
1A song of ascents. 2O Lord, hear my voice; 3If You, O LORD, kept track of iniquities, 4But with You there is forgiveness, 5I wait for the LORD; my soul does wait, 6My soul waits for the Lord 7O Israel, put your hope in the LORD, 8And He will redeem Israel