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class="v19_130_2">2</span>Won't you please listen</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_130_2">as I beg for mercy?</span></p><p class="b"></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_130_3"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.130.3" class="v19_130_3">3</span>If you kept record of our sins,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_130_3">no one could last long.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_130_4"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.130.4" class="v19_130_4">4</span>But you forgive us,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_130_4">and so we will worship you.</span></p><p class="b"></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_130_5"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.130.5" class="v19_130_5">5</span>With all my heart,</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_130_5">I am waiting, <span class="nd">Lord</span>, for you!</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_130_5">I trust your promises.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_130_6"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.130.6" class="v19_130_6">6</span>I wait for you more eagerly</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_130_6">than a soldier on guard duty</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_130_6">waits for the dawn.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_130_6">Yes, I wait more eagerly</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_130_6">than a soldier on guard duty</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_130_6">waits for the dawn.</span></p><p class="b"></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_130_7"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.130.7" class="v19_130_7">7</span>Israel, trust the <span class="nd">Lord</span>!</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_130_7">God is always merciful</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_130_7">and has the power to save you.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_130_8"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.130.8" class="v19_130_8">8</span><a href="#fn" id="link_Ps.130.8!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> Israel, the <span class="nd">Lord</span> will save you</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_130_8">from 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