Farewell Service

Hymns, readings and a printed program for a Christian funeral

Psalm 130

A Catholic funeral reading (responsorial psalm), also in the 1928 Prayer Book burial service, with the full text in the King James Version and the Douay-Rheims.

Reads in about 1 minute8 versesCatholic: Responsorial Psalm

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King James Version

  1. 1Out of the depths have I cried unto thee, O LORD.
  2. 2Lord, hear my voice: let thine ears be attentive to the voice of my supplications.
  3. 3If thou, LORD, shouldest mark iniquities, O Lord, who shall stand?
  4. 4But there is forgiveness with thee, that thou mayest be feared.
  5. 5I wait for the LORD, my soul doth wait, and in his word do I hope.
  6. 6My soul waiteth for the Lord more than they that watch for the morning: I say, more than they that watch for the morning.
  7. 7Let Israel hope in the LORD: for with the LORD there is mercy, and with him is plenteous redemption.
  8. 8And he shall redeem Israel from all his iniquities.

Douay-Rheims

Psalm 129 in the Douay-Rheims numbering.

  1. 1Out of the depths I have cried to thee, O Lord:
  2. 2Lord, hear my voice. Let thy ears be attentive to the voice of my supplication.
  3. 3If thou, O Lord, wilt mark iniquities: Lord, who shall stand it.
  4. 4For with thee there is merciful forgiveness: and by reason of thy law, I have waited for thee, O Lord. My soul hath relied on his word:
  5. 5my soul hath hoped in the Lord.
  6. 6From the morning watch even until night, let Israel hope in the Lord.
  7. 7Because with the Lord there is mercy: and with him plentiful redemption.
  8. 8And he shall redeem Israel from all his iniquities.

Most Catholic parishes in the US read the New American Bible. Read Psalm 130 in the NABRE at usccb.org.

Where this reading is used

  • Catholic: Responsorial Psalm (Lectionary for Mass, no. 1013)
  • Episcopal: a psalm in the 1928 Prayer Book burial office

Scripture: King James Version (1769 text) and Douay-Rheims Bible, Challoner revision (Project Gutenberg #1581); both public domain. Citation as listed in the Lectionary for Mass.