From the depths of the abyss (Psalm 130)

Lili Boulanger

From the depths of the abyss I cry,

Yahweh Adonai.

Hear my prayer!

May your ears be attentive

To the sounds of my prayer.

If you were to take our sins into account

Who could withstand them, Yahweh?

Forgiveness is in Yahweh

And so he is revered.

My soul places its hope in Yahweh,

I hope, I count on your word

More than the night watchmen

Long for the morning.

Israel places its hope in Yahweh,

For in Yahweh is mercy,

And the fullness of redemption

It is he who will deliver Israel

From all her iniquities.

In Yahweh is mercy.

Ah! Yahweh Adonai.