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Psalms 130
1Out of the depths I have cried to you, Yahweh.
2Lord, hear my voice. Let your ears be attentive to the voice of my petitions.
3If you, Yah, kept a record of sins, Lord, who could stand?
4But there is forgiveness with you, therefore you are feared.
5I wait for Yahweh. My soul waits. I hope in his word.
6My soul longs for the Lord more than watchmen long for the morning; more than watchmen for the morning.
7Israel, hope in Yahweh, for with Yahweh there is loving kindness. With him is abundant redemption.
8He will redeem Israel from all their sins. A Song of Ascents. By David.
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Afflictions and Adversities: Prayer In Psalm 130:1–8
A song of ascents. Out of the depths I cry to You, O LORD! / O Lord, hear my voice; let Your ears be attentive to my plea for mercy. / If You, O LORD, kept track of iniquities, then who, O Lord, could stand?
Depravity of Man: General Scriptures Concerning Psalm 130:3
If You, O LORD, kept track of iniquities, then who, O Lord, could stand?
Desire: Spiritual Psalm 130:5, 6
I wait for the LORD; my soul does wait, and in His word I put my hope. / My soul waits for the Lord more than watchmen wait for the morning—more than watchmen wait for the morning.
Faith: Enjoined Psalm 130:7
O Israel, put your hope in the LORD, for with the LORD is loving devotion, and with Him is redemption in abundance.
Faith: Exemplified Psalm 130:5, 6
I wait for the LORD; my soul does wait, and in His word I put my hope. / My soul waits for the Lord more than watchmen wait for the morning—more than watchmen wait for the morning.
Fear of God: Reverence Psalm 130:4
But with You there is forgiveness, so that You may be feared.
God: Mercy of Psalm 130:3, 4, 7, 8
If You, O LORD, kept track of iniquities, then who, O Lord, could stand? / But with You there is forgiveness, so that You may be feared. / O Israel, put your hope in the LORD, for with the LORD is loving devotion, and with Him is redemption in abundance.
Godly Fear: Motives to The Forgiveness of God Psalm 130:4
But with You there is forgiveness, so that You may be feared.
Hope: Encourage Others To Psalm 130:7
O Israel, put your hope in the LORD, for with the LORD is loving devotion, and with Him is redemption in abundance.
Hope: General Scriptures Concerning Psalm 130:7
O Israel, put your hope in the LORD, for with the LORD is loving devotion, and with Him is redemption in abundance.
Justification Before God: Under Law: Man Cannot Attain To Psalm 130:3
If You, O LORD, kept track of iniquities, then who, O Lord, could stand?
Pardon: should Lead to Fearing God Psalm 130:4
But with You there is forgiveness, so that You may be feared.
Prayer: Confession In Psalm 130:3
If You, O LORD, kept track of iniquities, then who, O Lord, could stand?
Prayer: Importunity In Psalm 130:1, 2
A song of ascents. Out of the depths I cry to You, O LORD! / O Lord, hear my voice; let Your ears be attentive to my plea for mercy.
Psalms: Penitential Psalm 130:1
A song of ascents. Out of the depths I cry to You, O LORD!
Redemption is From: All Iniquity Psalm 130:8
And He will redeem Israel from all iniquity.
Redemption of Our Souls Psalm 130:7
O Israel, put your hope in the LORD, for with the LORD is loving devotion, and with Him is redemption in abundance.
Redemption: Plenteous Psalm 130:7
O Israel, put your hope in the LORD, for with the LORD is loving devotion, and with Him is redemption in abundance.
Repentance: Exemplified Psalm 130:1–3
A song of ascents. Out of the depths I cry to You, O LORD! / O Lord, hear my voice; let Your ears be attentive to my plea for mercy. / If You, O LORD, kept track of iniquities, then who, O Lord, could stand?
Seekers: General Scriptures Concerning Psalm 130:5, 6
I wait for the LORD; my soul does wait, and in His word I put my hope. / My soul waits for the Lord more than watchmen wait for the morning—more than watchmen wait for the morning.
Sin: Confession of Psalm 130:3
If You, O LORD, kept track of iniquities, then who, O Lord, could stand?
Sin: Forgiveness of Psalm 130:4
But with You there is forgiveness, so that You may be feared.
The Judgment: None, by Nature Can Stand In Psalm 130:3
If You, O LORD, kept track of iniquities, then who, O Lord, could stand?
The Mercy of God: A Ground of Hope Psalm 130:7
O Israel, put your hope in the LORD, for with the LORD is loving devotion, and with Him is redemption in abundance.
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Psalms 130:1-2 Verses 1-2
depths--for great distress (Ps 40:2; 69:3).
Psalms 130:3 Verse 3
shouldest mark--or, "take strict account" (Job 10:14; 14:16), implying a confession of the existence of sin. who shall stand--(Ps 1:6). Standing is opposed to the guilty sinking down in fear and self-condemnation (Mal 3:2; Re 6:15, 16). The question implies a negative, which is thus more strongly stated.
Psalms 130:4 Verse 4
Pardon produces filial fear and love. Judgment without the hope of pardon creates fear and dislike. The sense of forgiveness, so far from producing licentiousness, produces holiness (Jer 33:9; Eze 16:62, 63; 1Pe 2:16). "There is forgiveness with thee, not that thou mayest be presumed upon, but feared."
Psalms 130:5-6 Verses 5-6
wait for the Lord--in expectation (Ps 27:14). watch for, &c.--in earnestness and anxiety.
Psalms 130:7-8 Verses 7-8
Let Israel, &c.--that is, All are invited to seek and share divine forgiveness. from all his iniquities--or, "punishments of them" (Ps 40:12, &c.). PSALM 131
Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
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Psalms 130:1-4 Verses 1-4
The only way of relief for a sin-entangled soul, is by applying to God alone. Many things present themselves as diversions, many things offer themselves as remedies, but the soul finds that the Lord alone can heal. And until men are sensible of the guilt of sin, and quit all to come at once to God, it is in vain for them to expect any relief. The Holy Ghost gives to such poor souls a fresh sense of their deep necessity, to stir them up in earnest applications, by the prayer of faith, by crying to God. And as they love their souls, as they are concerned for the glory of the Lord, they are not to be wanting in this duty. Why is it that these matters are so long uncertain with them? Is it not from sloth and despondency that they content themselves with common and customary applications to God? Then let us up and be doing; it must be done, and it is attended with safety. We are to humble ourselves before God, as guilty in his sight. Let us acknowledge our sinfulness; we cannot justify ourselves, or plead not guilty. It is our unspeakable comfort that there is forgiveness with him, for that is what we need. Jesus Christ is the great Ransom; he is ever an Advocate for us, and through him we hope to obtain forgiveness. There is forgiveness with thee, not that thou mayest be presumed upon, but that thou mayest be feared. The fear of God often is put for the whole worship of God. The only motive and encouragement for sinners is this, that there is forgiveness with the Lord.
Psalms 130:5-8 Verses 5-8
It is for the Lord that my soul waits, for the gifts of his grace, and the working of his power. We must hope for that only which he has promised in his word. Like those who wish to see the dawn, being very desirous that light would come long before day; but still more earnestly does a good man long for the tokens of God's favour, and the visits of his grace. Let all that devote themselves to the Lord, cheerfully stay themselves on him. This redemption is redemption from all sin. Jesus Christ saves his people from their sins, both from the condemning and from the commanding power of sin. It is plenteous redemption; there is an all-sufficient fulness in the Redeemer, enough for all, enough for each; therefore enough for me, says the believer. Redemption from sin includes redemption from all other evils, therefore it is a plenteous redemption, through the atoning blood of Jesus, who shall redeem his people from all their sins. All that wait on God for mercy and grace, are sure to have peace.