Out of the depths I have cried to you, LORD.Lord, hear my voice.Let your ears be attentive to the voice of my petitions.If you, LORD, kept a record of sins,Lord, who could stand?But there is forgiveness with you,therefore you are feared.I wait for the LORD.My soul waits.I hope in his word.My soul longs for the Lord more than watchmen long for the morning,more than watchmen for the morning.Israel, hope in the LORD,for there is loving kindness with the LORD.Abundant redemption is with him.He will redeem Israel from all their sins.
Psalm 130, World English Bible Updated edition, which is in the public domain.
Which funeral services use it
- Catholic, US (Lectionary for Masses for the Dead): Psalm 130:1-2, 3-4, 5-6ab, 6c-7, 8, as a responsorial psalm.
- Catholic, England and Wales (Order of Christian Funerals): Psalm 129 (130), the whole psalm.
- Church of England (Common Worship funeral readings): Psalm 130.
Where it comes in the service
At a Catholic funeral Mass a psalm is sung or said as the responsorial psalm, after the first reading. In a Church of England funeral a psalm should normally be used, and it may be said, sung, or replaced by a metrical or hymn version.
At a Catholic Mass the reader uses the parish Lectionary, which is a different translation from the one printed here, and in the US its text may not be reproduced without permission. You may prefer to print only the reference and the reader in the running order, for example "Responsorial psalm: Psalm 130, read by Anne Hughes".
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Put Psalm 130 in my bookletAbout this translation
The words here are the World English Bible, a modern English translation whose translators dedicated it to the public domain, so it can be printed in a booklet in the US and the UK without permission or a fee. The King James Version is public domain in the US but is covered by Crown letters patent in the UK, which is why it is not used here. If your church prefers another translation, add it in step 5 with "Use your own words".
Funeral lists checked on September 28, 2026 against the USCCB, the Liturgy Office of England and Wales and the Church of England's Common Worship pages.