Surely

Psalm 130

Out of the depths I call to you

Listen to my voice

Be attentive to my supplicating voice

If you tallied errors

Who would survive the count?

But you forgive, you forbear everything

And this is the wonder and the dread

You are my heart’s hope, my daily hope

And my ears long to hear your words

My heart waits quiet in hope for you

More than they who watch for the sunrise

Hope for a new morning

Let those who question and struggle

Wait quiet like this for you

For with you there is durable kindness

And wholeness in abundance

And you will loose all our binds

Surely

Norman Fischer. Opening to You: Zen-Inspired Translations of the Psalms. NY: Penguin, 2002. 159.