Psalms 130:1

King James Version (1769)

Other translations

Verse	KJV	BSB	ASV
1	Out of the depths have I cried unto thee, O LORD.	A song of ascents. Out of the depths I cry to You, O LORD!	A Song of Ascents. Out of the depths have I cried unto thee, O Jehovah.

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English	Hebrew	Say it	Strong's	Meaning
[the] song of	שִׁ֥יר	shir	H7892A	song שִׁיר (shir) 1) song 1a) lyric song 1b) religious song 1c) song of Levitical choirs Also means: shi.rah (שִׁירָה "song" H7892B)
the ascents	הַֽמַּעֲל֑וֹת	ha-ma-'a-LOT	H4609B	step מַעֲלָה (ma.a.lah) 1) step, stair 1a) step, stair 1b) steps (of sundial) 1c) stories (of heaven) 1d) ascent 1e) song of ascent 1e1) to the three great pilgrim feasts (Psalm titles)
from [the] depths	מִמַּעֲמַקִּ֖ים	mi-ma-'a-ma-KIM	H4615	deep מַעֲמַקִּים (ma.a.maq) depths
I call out to you	קְרָאתִ֣יךָ	ke-ra-TI-cha	H7121G	to call: call to קָרָא (qa.ra) : call_to/invite/entreat 1) to call, call out, recite, read, cry out, proclaim 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to call, cry, utter a loud sound 1a2) to call unto, cry (for help), call (with name of God) 1a3) to proclaim 1a4) to read aloud, read (to oneself), read 1a5) to summon, invite, call for, call and commission, appoint, call and endow 1a6) to call, name, give name to, call by 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) to call oneself 1b2) to be called, be proclaimed, be read aloud, be summoned, be named 1c) (Pual) to be called, be named, be called out, be chosen
O Yahweh	יְהוָֽה׃	YAH-weh	H3068G	Lord אֲדֹנָי (a.do.nai) Lord - a title, spoken in place of Yahweh in Jewish display of reverence Another name of ye.ho.vah (יהוה "LORD" H3068G)

Words and meanings from STEPBible data (Tyndale House, Cambridge, CC BY 4.0). The capitalized syllable is the stressed one.