Psalm 130, this lament (a Penitential Psalm, some takes it as the other "Miserere") in its entirety (Ps 1-2, 3-4, 5-6, 7-8), and the Responsory (Ps 130: 7) "With the Lord there is mercy and fullness of redemption", form our responsorial hymn for the 5th Sunday of Lent - Year "A" ... it is "a prayer (more of a cry) for pardon and mercy" ... a sinner, in humility, asking for kindness and forgiveness ...