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

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

130:3 Mark - Observe them accurately and punish them as they deserve. Stand - At thy tribunal.

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

130:4 Forgiveness - Thou art able and ready to forgive repenting sinners. Feared - Not with a slavish, but with a childlike fear. This mercy of thine is the foundation of all religion, without which men would desperately proceed in their impious courses.

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

130:5 I wait - That he would pardon my sins.

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

130:6 They - Whether soldiers that keep the night - watches in an army, or the priests or Levites who did so in the temple.

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

130:7 Israel - Every true Israelite. Plenteous - Abundantly sufficient for all persons who accept it upon God's terms.

8 And he shall redeem Israel from all his iniquities.