A song of the ascents.
1From the depths I have called you, Yahweh:
2Lord, listen to my voice.
May your ears become attentive
to the sound of my prayers for grace.
3If you keep watch on wayward acts, Yah:
Lord, who can stand?
4Because with you there is pardon,
in order that you may be held in awe.
5I have hoped for Yahweh,
my entire being has hoped.
For his word I have waited,
6my entire being for the Lord,
More than people keeping watch for the morning,
people keeping watch for the morning.
7Yisra’el, wait for Yahweh,
because with Yahweh there is commitment.
With him the redemption will be great,
8when he himself redeems Yisra’el from all its wayward acts.
Take from us,
O God, all pride and vanity,
all boasting and self-assertion,
and give us the true courage that shows itself in gentleness,
the true wisdom that shows itself in simplicity,
and the true power that shows itself in modesty.
Charles Kingsley