Psalm | Psalm 130 (with Nick Locke)

Opening Song:
“Psalm 130 (I Wait)” by the Robbie Seay Band

Lyrics:
I wait for You
My soul waits for You
Oh my Lord,
In Your word I hope and wait

I wait for You
My soul waits for You
Oh my Lord,
In Your word I hope and wait

From the depths I cry
To You, Oh God
Hear my cry
In You alone I wait
Oh in You alone I wait

Passage:
Out of the depths I call to you, Lord!
2 Lord, listen to my voice;
let your ears be attentive
to my cry for help.
3 Lord, if you kept an account of iniquities,
Lord, who could stand?
4 But with you there is forgiveness,
so that you may be revered.
5 I wait for the Lord; I wait
and put my hope in his word.
6 I wait for the Lord
more than watchmen for the morning —
more than watchmen for the morning.
7 Israel, put your hope in the Lord.
For there is faithful love with the Lord,
and with him is redemption in abundance.
8 And he will redeem Israel
from all its iniquities. -- Psalms 130:1-8 (CSB)

Musical Reflection:
“Be Thou My Vision,” old Irish folk tune

Reflection Notes:
The hymn commonly known as “Be Thou My Vision” is set to the tune SLANE, which is an old Irish folk tune. It samples both major and minor tonalities, with a perfect balance between the two.

Prayer:
Grant, O Lord, we beseech you, to your people firmness of faith, that as we confess your only begotten Son, the everlasting partaker of your glory, to have been born in our very flesh of the Virgin Mother, we may be delivered from present adversities and admitted into joys that shall abide; through the same Jesus Christ your Son, our Lord and Savior. Amen.
-The Leonine Sacramentary