Psalms 130:1-4

Out of the depths I cry to You, O LORD! O Lord, hear my voice; let Your ears be attentive to my plea for mercy. If You, O LORD, kept track of iniquities, then who, O Lord, could stand? But with You there is forgiveness, so that You may be feared.

Berean Standard Bible, public domain. Read all of Psalms 130

6 songs meet this passage

  • “If You're still there, Lord spare me”

    Need a Favor · Jelly Roll

    resonates with Psalms 130:1-4

    The cry 'out of the depths' matches this song's posture: desperate, unsure, yet still calling out for mercy.

  • “Calls from the dark”

    Swim in the Light · Kid Cudi

    resonates with Psalms 130:1-2

    Crying out from a low, dark place while still hoping to be heard mirrors the psalmist's posture of lament reaching toward help.

  • “With hands held high into a sky so blue”

    Hands Held High · LINKIN PARK

    resonates with Psalms 130:1-2

    The raised-hands image reads like a cry from the depths, an appeal upward even without clear resolution, much like the psalmist's cry out of the depths.

  • Abracadabra · Lady Gaga

    resonates with Psalms 130:1-2

    The buried cry in the bridge, 'save me from this empty fight,' faintly echoes the psalmist calling out from a place of genuine desperation. The song has that ache even if it reaches the wrong direction with it.

  • “In desperation, I turned to heaven”

    Living Hope · Phil Wickham

    resonates with Psalms 130:1-2

    The cry from the depths to God mirrors this psalm's posture of desperate appeal toward heaven.

  • White Man'z World · Makaveli

    resonates with Psalms 130:1-2

    A cry from the depths for help, much like the psalmist's cry out of distress, even while still entangled in the very violence he's asking to survive.

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