1-2. Help, God—the bottom has fallen out of my life!Master, hear my cry for help!Listen hard! Open your ears!Listen to my cries for mercy.
3-4. If you, God, kept records on wrongdoings,who would stand a chance?As it turns out, forgiveness is your habit,and that’s why you’re worshiped.
5-6. I pray to God—my life a prayer—and wait for what he’ll say and do.My life’s on the line before God, my Lord,waiting and watching till morning,waiting and watching till morning.
7-8. O Israel, wait and watch for God—with God’s arrival comes love,with God’s arrival comes generous redemption.No doubt about it—he’ll redeem Israel,buy back Israel from captivity to sin.