The prayer known as de profundis
My translation doesn’t rhyme this time, but it’s still in iambic septemeter.
Psalm 130 KWL - 0 Song for the climb.
- 1 I call you from the deep, oh L
ORD . 2 My Master, hear my voice! - Your ears must pay attention to my supplications’ voice!
- 3 If you kept track of moral faults, my Master, who could stand?
- 4 But with you there’s forgiveness. For this reason, you’re revered.
- 5 I wait—my life waits—for the L
ORD ; my hope is in his word. - 6 My life awaits my Master like a night guard waits for dawn.
- Like night guards wait for dawn… 7 so Israel: Wait for the L
ORD ! - For with the L
ORD is love, and much redemption comes with him. - 8 He will redeem you, Israel, from all your moral faults.
Connected to the Hebrew idea of waiting is the idea of hope. You’re waiting for God ’cause you expect him to do something. Like answer your prayer in some way.
In Christian tradition, De profundis is a common