Death of Walter J. Harrelson (1919-2012)

Walter Harrelson, biblical scholar, translator, and teacher, passed away on September 4th.  Most people who frequent this blog would know him through his work on the NRSV.  He was also the general editor of the well-received The New Interpreters' Study Bible (NRSV).  For more info about the man, you can go here.

A Song of Ascents.

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Out of the depths I cry to you, O Lord. 

²

   Lord, hear my voice!

Let your ears be attentive

   to the voice of my supplications! 

³

If you, O Lord, should mark iniquities,

   Lord, who could stand? 

⁴

But there is forgiveness with you,

   so that you may be revered. 

⁵

I wait for the Lord, my soul waits,

   and in his word I hope; 

⁶

my soul waits for the Lord

   more than those who watch for the morning,

   more than those who watch for the morning. 

⁷

O Israel, hope in the Lord!

   For with the Lord there is steadfast love,

   and with him is great power to redeem. 

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It is he who will redeem Israel

   from all its iniquities. 

                                                                     -Psalm 130 (NRSV)