In the Psalms we see worship: we see God’s people bringing everything in their lives before God: joy, grief, repentance, pleading—even anger. The Psalms are a Scriptural witness that we are to bring everything before God. We don’t have to edit our lives for presentation to the God who already knows us.

Psalm 130 in particular has historically been a mainstay for the faithful. Martin Luther called Psalm 130 “a proper master and doctor of Scripture,” and if you look even quickly at all of its aspects, you can see why. In it we see: bringing one’s needs before God, seeking forgiveness, trusting in God’s love and listening ear, putting oneself in proper relationship to God (“I wait for the Lord”), and even bringing one’s siblings in faith along, helping them in their faith journeys.

So this week—maybe even every day for a week—I invite you to pray Psalm 130 with that great cloud of witnesses, and to let yourself reflect on what you find there.

I’ll see you in church—

Becky

Prayer: Psalm 130

Out of the depths I cry to you, O Lord.

Lord, hear my voice! Let your ears be attentive to the voice of my supplications!

If you, O Lord, should mark iniquities, Lord, who could stand?

But there is forgiveness with you, so that you may be revered.

I wait for the Lord, my soul waits, and in his word I hope;

My soul waits for the Lord more than those who watch for the morning,

more than those who watch for the morning.

O Israel, hope in the Lord! For with the Lord there is steadfast love,

and with him is great power to redeem.

It is the Lord who will redeem Israel from all its iniquities.