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{{Short description|130th psalm of the Book of Psalms}}
{{Psalm nr|130}}
{{Infobox musical composition
| name                = Psalm 130
| subtitle            = "From the depths, I have cried out to you, O Lord"
| type                = [[Penitential psalms|Penitential psalm]]
| image               = Folio 70r - De Profundis.jpg
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| image_upright       = 1.2
| caption             = De profundis, in ''[[Les Très Riches Heures du duc de Berry]]'', Folio 70r, held by the Musée Condé, [[Chantilly, Oise|Chantilly]]
| other_name          = {{plainlist|
* Psalm 129 (Vulgate)
* "De profundis"
}}
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| language            = Hebrew (original)
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{{Bible chapter|letname=Psalm 130|previouslink= Psalm 129|previousletter= Psalm 129|nextlink= Psalm 131 |nextletter= Psalm 131| book= [[Book of Psalms]] | biblepart=[[Old Testament]] | booknum= 19 |hbiblepart= [[Ketuvim]] | hbooknum = 1 |category= [[Ketuvim|Sifrei Emet]]  | filename= |caption=}}
'''Psalm 130''' is the 130th psalm of the [[Book of Psalms]], one of the [[penitential psalms]] and one of 15 psalms that begin with the words [[Song of Ascents|"A song of ascents"]] (Shir Hama'alot). The first verse is a call to God in deep sorrow, from "out of the depths" or "out of the deep", as it is translated in the [[King James Version]] of the Bible and the [[Coverdale Bible|Coverdale translation]] (used in the [[Book of Common Prayer]]), respectively. In Latin, it is known as '''De profundis'''.<ref>[http://medievalist.net/psalmstxt/ps129.htm Parallel Latin/English Psalter / Psalmus 129 (130)] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170507121752/http://medievalist.net/psalmstxt/ps129.htm |date=2017-05-07 }} medievalist.net</ref>

In the slightly different numbering system used in the Greek [[Septuagint]] version of the Bible, and in the Latin [[Vulgate]], this psalm is '''Psalm 129'''.

The [[New American Bible Revised Edition]] (2010) divides the psalm into two parts: verses 1-4 are a cry for mercy; verses 5-8 are a model expression of trust  in God.<ref>{{bibleverse||Psalm|130|NABRE}}: NABRE</ref>

The psalm forms a regular part of [[Jewish]], [[Catholic Church|Catholic]], [[Lutheranism|Lutheran]], [[Anglicanism|Anglican]] and other Protestant liturgies. It is paraphrased in [[hymn]]s such as [[Martin Luther]]'s "[[Aus tiefer Not schrei ich zu dir]]" in German. The psalm has often been set to music, by composers such as [[Orlando di Lasso]] and [[Heinrich Schütz]]. [[John Rutter]] set it in English as a [[Movement (music)|movement]] of his [[Requiem (Rutter)|Requiem]].

== Liturgical usage==
=== Judaism ===
[[File:Psalms scroll.PNG|thumb|upright|Scroll of the Psalms]]
Psalm 130 is recited according to [[Nusach Sefard]] as part of the liturgy for the [[High Holidays]], sung responsively before the open [[Torah ark]] during the morning service from [[Rosh Hashanah]] until [[Yom Kippur]].<ref>Ezras Torah Luach, 5769, [https://www.hebrewbooks.org/pdfpager.aspx?req=47685&st=&pgnum=18 page 18].</ref> It is not recited in pure [[Nusach Ashkenaz]], although it has been adopted in some Nusach Ashkenaz communities since it is included in the [[Philip Birnbaum|Birnbaum]] and [[Artscroll]] siddurim.<ref>{{Citation | title = 1,001 Questions and Answers on Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur | first = Jeffrey M | last = Cohen | page = 167}}.</ref>

Psalm 130 is one of the 15 [[Song of Ascents|Songs of Ascents]] recited in some communities after the [[Shabbat]] [[Mincha|afternoon prayer]] in the period between [[Sukkot]] and [[Special Shabbat#Shabbat HaGadol|Shabbat HaGadol]] (the Shabbat prior to [[Passover]]).<ref>{{cite book |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=etK8tgEACAAJ |title= The Complete Artscroll Siddur |publisher= [[Artscroll |Mesorah Publications Ltd.]] |first= Rabbi Nosson|last=Scherman |year= 1984|edition= 3rd |isbn=0-89906-650-X |page= 530}}</ref> In some congregations, it is said on every weekday. In Hebrew, it is often referred to as "''Shir HaMa'alot MiMa'amakim''" after its opening words.

It is recited by some during the [[Tashlikh]] prayer.<ref>Scherman (2003), p. 772.</ref>

It is one of the psalms traditionally recited "in times of communal distress".<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.myjewishlearning.com/article/psalms-as-prayer/ |title=Psalms as the Ultimate Self-Help Tool |first= Rabbi Simkha Y. |last= Weintraub | work =My Jewish Learning |access-date= January 18, 2018}}</ref>

Verses 3-4 are part of the opening paragraph of the long [[Tachanun]] recited on Mondays and Thursdays.<ref>Scherman (2003), p. 125.</ref>

===Roman Catholic Church===
==== Ordinary use ====
According to the [[Rule of Saint Benedict]] established around 530, the psalm was used at the beginning of the [[Vespers|vespers service]] on Tuesday, followed by Psalm 131 (130).<ref>{{Citation | title = Psautier latin-français du bréviaire monastique | page = 502 | orig-year = 1938 | year = 2003}}.</ref><ref>{{Citation | title = [[Rule of Saint Benedict]] | others = traduction de [[Prosper Guéranger]] | publisher = Abbaye Saint-Pierre de Solesmes | orig-year = réimpression | year = 2007}}.</ref>

Psalm 130 came to be associated with the seven [[Penitential Psalms|penitential psalms]] which were recited after the hour of Lauds on Fridays in Lent in the medieval Christendom.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Jeffrey|first=David Lyle|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zD6xVr1CizIC&dq=de+profundis+church+bells&pg=PA185|title=A Dictionary of Biblical Tradition in English Literature|date=1992|publisher=Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing|isbn=978-0-8028-3634-2|language=en|page=185}}</ref>

In the current [[Liturgy of the Hours]], the psalm is recited or sung at vespers on the Saturday of the fourth week of the four-weekly cycle of liturgical prayers, and on Wednesday evenings. In the Liturgy of the Mass, Psalm 130 is read on the 10th Sunday of Ordinary Time in Year B, on the 5th Sunday of Lent in Year A,{{Efn | The cycle of Sunday Mass readings takes place over three years.}} and on the Tuesday in the 27th Week in Ordinary Time on weekday cycle I.{{Efn | The lectionary on weekdays follows a bi-yearly cycle, alternating every other year.}} It is also used as the [[introit|entrance antiphon]] on the 28th Sunday in Ordinary Time.

==== Bell prayer ====
===== Requiem Mass and the prayer for the dead =====
The ''De Profundis'' bell is a slow, solemn and measured toll of the bell that marks the end of the day.

In 1610, [[Pope Paul V]] established the custom of ringing the ''De Profundis'' bell on [[All Saints' Day]].<ref>{{Cite book|last=Hillier|first=Paul|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7YsMZ6zeHSsC&dq=de+profundis+bell&pg=PA20|title=Arvo PÄrt|date=1997-04-24|publisher=Clarendon Press|isbn=978-0-19-159048-1|language=en|page=20}}</ref>

[[Pope Clement XII]] encouraged Christians through his brief ''Caelestes Ecclesiae thesauros'' promulgated on August 14, 1736, to pray daily for the souls in Purgatory inviting all to kneel at the first hour of nightfall and devoutly recite Psalm 130 with a Requiem aeternam at the end of it. [[Pope Pius VI]] by a [[rescript]] of March 18, 1781, granted an equal indulgence to those who should pray the ''De Profundis'' in any place where no bell for the dead is sounded.<ref>{{Cite book|author=Society of Saint Vincent de Paul|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hble9Fh5T3YC&dq=requiem+de+profundis+bell&pg=PA65|title=Rules and Indulgences Granted by the Sovereign Pontiffs: With the Explanatory Notes Annexed. From the Manual of the Society|date=1869|publisher=Council of New York|language=en|page=65}}</ref> The Catholic tradition became that the ''De profundis'' and the versicle Requiem æternam were said after the evening [[Angelus]].<ref>{{Cite book|last=Heaven|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xO0CAAAAQAAJ&dq=requiem+de+profundis+bell&pg=PA193|title=The path to Heaven, a collection of all the devotions in general use|date=1866|language=en|page=193}}</ref>

===== Consecration of new bell =====
According to the ''[[Rituale Romanum]]'', the recitation of Psalm 130 accompanies the blessing of a new bell in a church or chapel, perhaps because the tolling of a church bell connotes a transition through death to life beyond.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Jeffrey|first=David Lyle|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zD6xVr1CizIC&dq=de+profundis+church+bells&pg=PA185|title=A Dictionary of Biblical Tradition in English Literature|date=1992|publisher=Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing|isbn=978-0-8028-3634-2|language=en|page=185}}</ref>

===Coptic Orthodox Church===
In the [[Agpeya]], the [[Coptic Orthodox Church|Coptic Church]]'s [[book of hours]], this psalm is prayed in the office of [[Compline]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Compline|url= https://www.agpeya.org/Compline/compline.html|accessdate=3 March 2025 |publisher=agpeya.org}}</ref> and the third watch of the [[Midnight office]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Midnight|url= https://www.agpeya.org/Midnight/midnight.html|accessdate=3 March 2025 |publisher=agpeya.org}}</ref> It is also in the prayer of the Veil, which is generally prayed only by monks.<ref>{{cite web |title=Veil|url= https://www.agpeya.org/Veil/veil.html|accessdate=3 March 2025 |publisher=agpeya.org}}</ref>

===Book of Common Prayer===
In the [[Church of England]]'s ''[[Book of Common Prayer]]'', this psalm is appointed to be read on the evening of the twenty-seventh day of the month,<ref>Church of England, [https://www.churchofengland.org/sites/default/files/2019-10/The%20Book%20of%20Common%20Prayer%201662.pdf Book of Common Prayer: The Psalter] as printed by [[John Baskerville]] in 1762, pp. 297-298</ref> as well as at [[Evensong]] on [[Ash Wednesday]].<ref>{{cite web |title=The Book of Common Prayer: Proper Psalms On Certain Days |url=https://www.churchofengland.org/sites/default/files/2017-10/1-table-proper-lessons.pdf |website=The Church of England |access-date=19 April 2023 |pages=6}}</ref>

== Literature ==
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''De Profundis'' was used as the title of a poem by [[Spanish literature|Spanish author]] [[Federico García Lorca]] in ''Poema del cante jondo.''

A long letter by [[Oscar Wilde]], written to his former lover [[Lord Alfred Douglas]] near the end of Wilde's life while he was in prison, also bears the title "[[De Profundis (letter)|De Profundis]]", although it was given the title after Wilde's death. Poems by [[Alfred Tennyson]], [[Elizabeth Barrett Browning]], [[Charles Baudelaire]], [[Christina Rossetti]], [[C. S. Lewis]],<ref>Lewis, C. S., [https://allpoetry.com/poem/8508283-De-Profundis-by-C-S-Lewis De Profundis], accessed 13 June 2022</ref> [[Georg Trakl]], [[Dorothy Parker]] and [[José Cardoso Pires]] bear the same title.

In the novel ''[[Fires on the Plain (novel)|Fires on the Plain]]'' by Shōhei Ōoka, the character Tamura makes reference to the psalm's first line "De profundis clamavi" in a dream sequence.<ref>{{Citation | surname=Ōoka | given=Shōhei | author-link=Shōhei Ōoka | title=Fires on the Plain | isbn=978-0-8048-1379-2 | publisher=Tuttle Co. | place=[[Tokyo, Japan]] | year=1957 | page=[https://archive.org/details/firesonplaintutt00shoh/page/86 86] | url=https://archive.org/details/firesonplaintutt00shoh/page/86 }}.</ref>

==Musical settings==
This psalm has frequently been set to music. It was sometimes used for funeral services, especially under its Latin incipit "De profundis":

=== Latin ===
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* [[Francesco Barsanti]] as part of his ''Sei Antifon''<ref>Francesco Barsanti: [https://books.google.com/books?id=I4xoDwAAQBAJ&pg=PR16 Sei Antifon, Op. 5] in ''Sacred Vocal Music'', 2018</ref>
* [[Nicolaus Bruhns]]<ref>{{ChoralWiki|De profundis clamavi (Nicolaus Bruhns)|De profundis clamavi (Nicolaus Bruhns)}}</ref>
* Antoine-Esprit Blanchard De profundis (1740)
* [[Marc Antoine Charpentier]]:
** ''De profundis'' H.156, for soloists, chorus and continuo (?1670s)<ref>{{ChoralWiki|De Profundis H.156 (Marc-Antoine Charpentier)|De Profundis H.156 (Marc-Antoine Charpentier)}}</ref>
** ''De profundis'' H.189, for soloists, double chorus, flutes, strings and continuo (1683)  <ref>{{ChoralWiki|De Profundis H.189 (Marc-Antoine Charpentier)|De Profundis H.189 (Marc-Antoine Charpentier)}}</ref>
**''De profundis'' à 4 voix H.211, for soloists, chorus and continuo (?early 1690)
**''De profundis'' H.212, for soloists, chorus and continuo (?early 1690s)
**''De profundis'' H.213 (?early 1690), H.213 a (1690s), for soloists, chorus and continuo
**''Court De profundis'' H.222, for soloists, chorus and continuo (?early 1690s)
** De profundis H.232, for 3 voices, 2 treble instruments and contiuo (date unknown)
* [[Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis]]: cantata<ref>[https://etd.ohiolink.edu/!etd.send_file?accession=ucin1460447054&disposition=inline De Profundis Clamavi ad Te, Lietuvą: Elements of Lithuanian Nationalism in Čiurlionis’s De Profundis Cantata]</ref>
* [[Michel Richard Delalande]]: ''De profundis''<ref>{{IMSLP|work=De Profundis, S.23 (Lalande, Michel Richard de) |cname=De Profundis, S.23 (Lalande, Michel Richard de)}}</ref>
*[[Henri Desmarets|Henry Desmarest]]: ''De profundis'' (before 1704)<ref>{{Cite web|website=data.bnf.fr|title=Henry Desamrest|url=https://data.bnf.fr/fr/13893216/henry_desmarest/}}</ref>
* [[Josquin des Prez]]<ref>{{ChoralWiki|De profundis clamavi (Josquin des Prez)|De profundis clamavi (Josquin des Prez)}}</ref>
* [[Jan Dismas Zelenka]]:
**''De Profundis'' ZWV 95, A minor, for soprano, alto, tenor, bass, violin, continuo ("violini et oboe colle voce ad libitum") (1728)
**''De Profundis'' ZWV 96, C minor, for tenor and bass soloists, chorus (SATB), strings and continuo (1727)
**''De Profundis'' ZWV 97, D minor, for alto, tenor and three bass soloists, chorus (SATB), two oboes, three trombones, strings and continuo (1724)
* [[Marcel Dupré]]<ref>[https://www.oratorienchorpotsdam.de/index.php/newsletter-lesen/profundis.html De Profundis] Oratorienchor Potsdam</ref>
* [[Andrea Gabrieli]], as part of his ''[[Psalmi Davidici]]''<ref>[https://www.hyperion-records.co.uk/dw.asp?dc=W9300_GBAJY0016702 De profundis clamavi / composer / Andrea Gabrieli (c1510-1586)] Hyperion Records</ref>
* [[Christoph Willibald Gluck]]<ref>{{ChoralWiki|De profundis clamavi (Christoph Willibald Gluck)|De profundis clamavi (Christoph Willibald Gluck)}}</ref>
* Charles Gounod De profundis CG 88, for 4 voices, mixed chorus with orchestra (1871)
* [[Sofia Gubaidulina]], ''De profundis''<ref>David Fay: [https://bachtrack.com/review-gubaidulina-at-80-royal-academy Sofia’s Choice: Gubaidulina at 80 at the Royal Academy of Music] BachTrack.com, 23 February 2012.</ref>
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* [[Arthur Honegger]], slow movement of [[Symphony No. 3 (Honegger)|Symphony No. 3]]<ref>[Arthur Honegger / Symphony No. 3 'Liturgique'] [[BBC]]</ref>
* [[Orlando di Lasso]], as part of his [[Penitential Psalms (Lassus)|''Penitential Psalms'']]
* [[Franz Liszt]]
* [[George Lloyd (composer)|George Lloyd]]
* [[Leevi Madetoja]]  
* [[Felix Mendelssohn]]
* [[Jean-Joseph de Mondonville|Jean-Joseph Cassanéa de Mondonville]] (1748)<ref>{{Cite web|last=La Flute de Pan|title=De profundis|url=https://www.laflutedepan.com/partition/2480321/cassanea-jean-joseph-de-mondonville-de-profundis-grands-motets-volume-1-partition-conducteur.html}}</ref>
* [[Thomas Morley]]
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* [[Vítězslav Novák]]
* [[Terry Oldfield]]
* [[Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina]]<ref>Pothárn Imre. [http://www2.cpdl.org/wiki/index.php/De_profundis_(Giovanni_Pierluigi_da_Palestrina) "De Profundis Clamavi"]</ref>
* Arvo Pärt: ''[[De profundis (Pärt)|De profundis]]''
* [[Nicola Porpora]]
* [[Henry Purcell]]
* [[Joachim Raff]]: ''De Profundis'', Opus 141, 8-part {{nowrap|chorus and orchestra}}
* [[Georg Reutter II|Georg Reutter]] (once attributed to [[W. A. Mozart|Mozart]])
* [[Pierre Robert (composer)|Pierre Robert]]
* [[Pedro Ruimonte]]
* [[Marc Sabat]]
* [[Antonio Salieri]]<ref>{{ChoralWiki|De profundis (in g) (Antonio Salieri)|De profundis (in g) (Antonio Salieri)}}</ref>
* [[Johann Hermann Schein]]
* [[Arnold Schoenberg]]
* [[Roger Sessions]]
* [[Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck]]
* [[Virgil Thomson]]
* [[Vangelis]]
* [[Jan Dismas Zelenka]], ZWV 50
* [[Patrick Cassidy (composer)|Patrick Cassidy]] in his album Famine Remembrance (1997).
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Some other works named ''De profundis'' but with texts not derived from the psalm are:
* [[Frederic Rzewski]] based on the text of [[Oscar Wilde]]
* [[Dmitri Shostakovich]], in his [[Symphony No. 14 (Shostakovich)|''Fourteenth Symphony'']] op. 135, to texts of [[Federico García Lorca]] translated to Russian

=== English ===
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* [[Leonard Bernstein]] as part of his [[Mass (Bernstein)|''Mass'']]
* [[John Dowland]]: Lord to thee I make my moan, in [[John_Dowland#Whole_Book_of_Psalms_(1592)|''Whole Booke of Psalmes'']]
* [[Alan Hovhaness]], for voice and organ (or piano),<ref>[https://www.edition-peters.de/product/out-of-the-depths-psalm-130-op-142;-3/ep6045 Out Of The Depths (Psalm 130) op. 142; 3] Edition Peters</ref> or soprano, SATB choir, and organ
* [[John Rutter]], as part of [[Requiem (Rutter)|his Requiem]], in English
* [[Charles Villiers Stanford|CV Stanford]] as "A Song of Hope" (Op 113 No. 3)
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=== French ===
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* [[Lili Boulanger]], [[Lili Boulanger#Psalm 130|Du fond de l'abîme]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://repertoire-explorer.musikmph.de/product/boulanger-lili-2/|title=Boulanger, Lili, Musical score|website=Repertoire Explorer|language=en-US|access-date=12 March 2016}}</ref>
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=== German ===
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* Martin Luther: [[Aus tiefer Not schrei ich zu dir]]<ref>The attribution of the melody is uncertain, see {{cite web |last1=Braatz |first1=Thomas |last2=Oron |first2=Aryeh |title=Chorale Melody: Aus tiefer Not schrei ich zu dir (I+II) |url=http://www.bach-cantatas.com/CM/Aus-tiefer-Not.htm |website=www.bach-cantatas.com |access-date=17 February 2020}}</ref>
* [[Heinrich Schütz]]: "Aus tiefer Not schrei ich zu dir", [[Schütz-Werke-Verzeichnis|SWV]] 235, for the ''[[Becker Psalter]]'' (1628).
* J. S. Bach:
** cantata [[Aus tiefer Not schrei ich zu dir, BWV 38|''Aus tiefer Not schrei ich zu dir'', BWV 38]] (based upon Luther's hymn)
** cantata [[Aus der Tiefen rufe ich, Herr, zu dir, BWV 131|''Aus der Tiefen rufe ich, Herr, zu dir'', BWV 131]]
* Friedrich Kiel, verses 1–4 as No. 4 of his [[Six Motets, Op. 82 (Kiel)|Six Motets, Op. 82]] (1883)
* [[Lera Auerbach]], for mixed choir (also in her opera ''The Blind'')<ref>[https://www.sikorski.de/3275/en/0/a/0/search_results/1032961_psalm_130.html Psalm 130] Sikorski</ref>
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=== Other ===
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* [[Arne Nordheim]] (''Clamavi'' for solo cello)
* Simon Steen Andersen (''De Profundis'' for solo soprano saxophone also playing percussion)
* [[Djuro Zivkovic]] (in ''Citadel of Love'' the second movement 'De Profundis' - for chamber ensemble)
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=== Hymns ===
[[Martin Luther]] paraphrased Psalm 130 as the hymn "[[Aus tiefer Not schrei ich zu dir]]" (Out of deep distress I cry to you), which has inspired several composers, including Bach ([[List of Bach cantatas|cantata]]s ''[[Aus der Tiefen rufe ich, Herr, zu dir, BWV 131]]'' and ''[[Aus tiefer Not schrei ich zu dir, BWV 38]]''), [[Felix Mendelssohn|Mendelssohn]] and [[Max Reger|Reger]].

==Text==
The following table shows the Hebrew text<ref>{{cite web |url=https://mechon-mamre.org/p/pt/pt26d0.htm |title=Psalms – Chapter 130 |publisher=Mechon Mamre}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.sefaria.org/Psalms.130?ven=The_Holy_Scriptures:_A_New_Translation_(JPS_1917)&lang=bi |title=Psalms 130 - JPS 1917 |publisher= [[Sefaria |Sefaria.org]]}}</ref> of the Psalm with vowels, alongside the [[Koine Greek]] text in the [[Septuagint]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Psalm 129 - Septuagint and Brenton's Septuagint Translation|url=https://www.ellopos.net/elpenor/greek-texts/septuagint/chapter.asp?book=24&page=129 |accessdate=3 March 2025 |publisher=Ellopos}}</ref> and the English translation from the [[King James Version]]. Note that the meaning can slightly differ between these versions, as the Septuagint and the [[Masoretic text]] come from different textual traditions.<ref group="note">A [[Jewish Publication Society of America Version|1917 translation]] directly from Hebrew to English by the [[Jewish Publication Society]] can be found [https://mechon-mamre.org/p/pt/pt26d0.htm here] or [https://www.sefaria.org/Psalms.130?ven=The_Holy_Scriptures:_A_New_Translation_(JPS_1917)&lang=bi here], and an [[The Septuagint version of the Old Testament (Brenton)|1844 translation]] directly from the Septuagint by [[Lancelot Charles Lee Brenton|L. C. L. Brenton]] can be found [https://www.ellopos.net/elpenor/greek-texts/septuagint/chapter.asp?book=24&page=129 here]. Both translations are in the [[public domain]].</ref> In the Septuagint, this psalm is numbered Psalm 129.
{| class=wikitable
|-
!#
!Hebrew
!English
!Greek
|-
| style="text-align:right" | 1
| style="text-align:right" | {{Script/Hebrew|שִׁ֥יר הַֽמַּעֲל֑וֹת מִמַּעֲמַקִּ֖ים קְרָאתִ֣יךָ יְהֹוָֽה׃}}
| (A [[Song of degrees]].) Out of the depths have I cried unto thee, O {{Lord}}.
| {{Lang|grc|᾿ῼδὴ τῶν ἀναβαθμῶν. - ΕΚ ΒΑΘΕΩΝ ἐκέκραξά σοι, Κύριε·}}
|-
| style="text-align:right" | 2
| style="text-align:right" | {{Script/Hebrew|אֲדֹנָי֮ שִׁמְעָ֢ה בְק֫וֹלִ֥י תִּהְיֶ֣ינָה אׇ֭זְנֶיךָ קַשֻּׁב֑וֹת לְ֝ק֗וֹל תַּחֲנוּנָֽי׃}}
| Lord, hear my voice: let thine ears be attentive to the voice of my supplications.
| {{Lang|grc|Κύριε, εἰσάκουσον τῆς φωνῆς μου· γενηθήτω τὰ ὦτά σου προσέχοντα εἰς τὴν φωνὴν τῆς δεήσεώς μου.}}
|-
| style="text-align:right" | 3
| style="text-align:right" | {{Script/Hebrew|אִם־עֲוֺנ֥וֹת תִּשְׁמׇר־יָ֑הּ אֲ֝דֹנָ֗י מִ֣י יַעֲמֹֽד׃}}
| If thou, {{Lord}}, shouldest mark iniquities, O Lord, who shall stand?
| {{Lang|grc|ἐὰν ἀνομίας παρατηρήσῃς, Κύριε Κύριε, τίς ὑποστήσεται;}}
|-
| style="text-align:right" | 4
| style="text-align:right" | {{Script/Hebrew|כִּֽי־עִמְּךָ֥ הַסְּלִיחָ֑ה לְ֝מַ֗עַן תִּוָּרֵֽא׃}}
| But there is forgiveness with thee, that thou mayest be feared.
| {{Lang|grc|ὅτι παρὰ σοὶ ὁ ἱλασμός ἐστιν.}}
|-
| style="text-align:right" | 5
| style="text-align:right" | {{Script/Hebrew|קִוִּ֣יתִי יְ֭הֹוָה קִוְּתָ֣ה נַפְשִׁ֑י וְֽלִדְבָר֥וֹ הוֹחָֽלְתִּי׃}}
| I wait for the {{Lord}}, my soul doth wait, and in his word do I hope.
| {{Lang|grc|ἕνεκεν τοῦ ὀνόματός σου ὑπέμεινά σε, Κύριε, ὑπέμεινεν ἡ ψυχή μου εἰς τὸν λόγον σου.}}
|-
| style="text-align:right" | 6
| style="text-align:right" | {{Script/Hebrew|נַפְשִׁ֥י לַאדֹנָ֑י מִשֹּׁמְרִ֥ים לַ֝בֹּ֗קֶר שֹׁמְרִ֥ים לַבֹּֽקֶר׃}}
| My soul waiteth for the Lord more than they that watch for the morning: I say, more than they that watch for the morning.
| {{Lang|grc|ἤλπισεν ἡ ψυχή μου ἐπὶ τὸν Κύριον απὸ φυλακῆς πρωΐας μέχρι νυκτός· ἀπὸ φυλακῆς πρωΐας ἐλπισάτω ᾿Ισραὴλ ἐπὶ τὸν Κύριον.}}
|-
| style="text-align:right" | 7
| style="text-align:right" | {{Script/Hebrew|יַחֵ֥ל יִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל אֶל־יְ֫הֹוָ֥ה כִּֽי־עִם־יְהֹוָ֥ה הַחֶ֑סֶד וְהַרְבֵּ֖ה עִמּ֣וֹ פְדֽוּת׃}}
| Let Israel hope in the {{Lord}}: for with the {{Lord}} there is mercy, and with him is plenteous redemption.
| {{Lang|grc|ὅτι παρὰ τῷ Κυρίῳ τὸ ἔλεος καὶ πολλὴ παρ᾿ αὐτῷ λύτρωσις,}}
|-
| style="text-align:right" | 8
| style="text-align:right" | {{Script/Hebrew|וְ֭הוּא יִפְדֶּ֣ה אֶת־יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל מִ֝כֹּ֗ל עֲוֺנֹתָֽיו׃}}
| And he shall redeem Israel from all his iniquities.
| {{Lang|grc|καὶ αὐτὸς λυτρώσεται τὸν ᾿Ισραὴλ ἐκ πασῶν τῶν ἀνομιῶν αὐτοῦ.}}
|-
|}
A marginal note in the [[Masoretic Text]] tradition indicates that Psalm 130:2 is the middle of the whole [[Ketuvim]] (Book of Writings) section in Hebrew.<ref>{{cite book| last= Shepherd|first= Michael |title= A Commentary on the Book of the Twelve: The Minor Prophets | series= Kregel Exegetical Library | publisher= Kregel Academic | year= 2018 |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=_iNZDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA13|isbn= 978-0825444593 | page=23}}</ref>

===Latin Vulgate===
The following table shows the Latin text of the psalm in the [[Vulgate]].<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.vatican.va/archive/bible/nova_vulgata/documents/nova-vulgata_vt_psalmorum_lt.html#PSALMUS%20130 |title=LIBER V (Psalmi 107-150)|publisher=[[Vatican City]]}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Verse
! Latin
|-
| style="text-align:left" | 1
| style="text-align:left" | De profundis clamavi ad te Domine.
|-
| style="text-align:left" | 2
| style="text-align:left" | Domine, exaudi vocem meam.
Fiant aures tuæ intendentes in vocem deprecationis meæ.
|-
| style="text-align:left" | 3
| style="text-align:left" | Si iniquitates observaveris, Domine, Domine, quis sustinebit?
|-
| style="text-align:left" | 4
| style="text-align:left" | Quia apud te propitiatio est; et propter legem tuam sustinui te, Domine.
Sustinuit anima mea in verbo eius:
|-
| style="text-align:left" | 5
| style="text-align:left" | Speravit anima mea in Domino.
|-
| style="text-align:left" | 6
| style="text-align:left" | A custodia matutina usque ad noctem, speret Israël in Domino.
|-
| style="text-align:left" | 7
| style="text-align:left" | Quia apud Dominum misericordia, et copiosa apud eum redemptio.
|-
| style="text-align:left" | 8
| style="text-align:left" | Et ipse redimet Israël ex omnibus iniquitatibus ejus.
|-
|}

==Notes==
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{{Notelist}}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==Sources==
*{{cite journal | last=Kuttner | first=Henry | author-link=Henry Kuttner | title=De Profundis (also known as The Visitors) | journal=Science Fiction Quarterly | year=1953 }}
*{{Cite journal | last=Leinster | first=Murray | author-link=Murray Leinster | title=De Profundis | journal=Thrilling Wonder Stories | year=1945 }}
*{{Cite book | last=Oracz | first=Michal | title=De Profundis: Letters From The Abyss | publisher=[[Hogshead Publishing]] | place=[[Redhill, Surrey]] | year=2001 | url=http://www.hogshead.demon.co.uk/newstyle/ns_deprofundis.htm | isbn=1-899749-35-7 | access-date=2008-03-09 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080225215748/http://www.hogshead.demon.co.uk/newstyle/ns_deprofundis.htm | archive-date=2008-02-25 | url-status=dead }}

==External links==
{{wikisource|Psalm 130}}
{{commonscat}}
* [https://www.churchofengland.org/prayer-and-worship/worship-texts-and-resources/common-worship/the-book-of-common-prayer/psalter/psalms-126-131 Text of Psalms 126–131] from the [[Book of Common Prayer (1662)|1662 ''Book of Common Prayer'']]
* [[s:Book of Common Prayer (ECUSA)/The Psalter/Book Five|Text of Psalms 107–150 from the 1979 Episcopal Book of Common Prayer]]
* [[Nova Vulgata|Nova Vulgata Online]]: [http://www.vatican.va/archive/bible/nova_vulgata/documents/nova-vulgata_vt_psalmorum_lt.html#PSALMUS%20130 Psalm 130]
* {{IMSLP|work=Category:Pieces with text from Psalm 130|cname=Pieces with text from Psalm 130}}
* {{CPDL|work=Psalm 138}}
* [https://www.mechon-mamre.org/p/pt/pt26d0.htm Psalms Chapter 130] text in Hebrew and English, mechon-mamre.org
* [http://www.usccb.org/bible/psalms/130 Out of the depths I call to you, LORD]; text and footnotes, usccb.org United States Conference of Catholic Bishops
* [https://www.biblestudytools.com/commentaries/treasury-of-david/psalms-130-1.html Psalm 130:1] introduction and text, biblestudytools.com
* [https://enduringword.com/bible-commentary/psalm-130/ Psalm 130] enduringword.com
* [https://www.churchofengland.org/prayer-and-worship/worship-texts-and-resources/common-worship/daily-prayer/psalter/psalm-130 Psalm 130 / Refrain: My soul waits for the Lord.] [[Church of England]]
*[[Hymnary.org]], [https://hymnary.org/browse/scripture/Psalms/130?sort=totalInstances Hymns for Psalm 130]
* [http://www.upword.com/wilde/de_profundis.html De Profundis] – excerpted text of Wilde's ''De Profundis'' (1905 version?)
* {{cite encyclopedia|url=http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04738b.htm|title=De Profundis|encyclopedia=[[Catholic Encyclopedia]]}} – From the 1908 [[Catholic Encyclopedia]], this short article talks about the hymn's origins and its Jewish and (pre [[Vatican II]]) [[Roman Catholic]] usage.
* {{IMDb title|qid=Q8354256|id=tt0482925|title=De profundis}}
* {{cite web|url=http://www.emmanuelmusic.org/notes_trans/transl_cantata/bwv131.htm|title=Translation of BWV 131: Aus der Tiefen rufe ich, Herr, zu dir|access-date=2008-03-09|archive-date=2008-07-25|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080725090604/http://www.emmanuelmusic.org/notes_trans/transl_cantata/bwv131.htm|url-status=dead}}

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