“ If thou, LORD, shouldest mark iniquities, O Lord, who shall stand? ”
If thou, Lord, shouldest mark iniquities - If thou shouldst observe, note, attend to, regard all the evil that I have done. The Hebrew word means properly to keep, to watch, to guard. The word, a...
If thou, LORD, shouldest mark iniquities, O Lord, (b) who shall stand? (b) He declares that we cannot be just before God but by forgiveness of sins.
CXXX. Waiting for God. Psalms 130:1 . depths refers primarily to God's exaltation in heaven, man's position far below on earth. Psalms 130:4 . The fear of Yahweh was to pious Jews the sum of...
3. If thou, O God! shoudst mark iniquities (119) Here the Prophet acknowledges that although grievously afflicted, he had justly deserved such punishment, as had been inflicted upon him. As...
DISCOURSE: 722 GOD’S MERCY AN ENCOURAGEMENT TO PRAYER Psalms 130:1-4 . Out of the depths have I cried unto thee, O Lord. Lord, hear my voice: let thine ears be attentive to the voice of my suppl...
If thou, LORD, shouldest mark iniquities, O Lord, who shall stand? If thou - shouldest mark iniquities - If thou shouldst set down every deviation in thought, word, and deed from thy holy law; and if...
Shouldest mark iniquities— i.e. As a rigorous judge, exactly take notice of every offence committed against thee and thy holy commandments:— Who shall stand? "Who could be able to stand the trial,...
If thou, LORD, shouldest mark iniquities, O Lord, who shall stand? If thou, Lord, shouldest mark iniquities, O Lord, who shall stand? "Mark" - i:e., take strict account of iniquities ( Job 10...
The De Profundis —a song of redemption from trouble through faith in God. Probably a very late Ps. The Ps. is antiphonal. First voice ( Psalms 130:1-2 ), Second voice (3, 4), First voice (5, 6), Cho...
If thou. — The word rendered “mark” is “watch” in Psalms 130:6 . If “Jah” were to watch for men’s lapses, as one watches for the dawn, nothing but signal punishment could follow. So Job ( Job 10:1...
Psalms 130:1-8 IN a very emphatic sense this is a song of ascents, for it climbs steadily from the abyss of penitence to the summits of hope. It falls into two divisions of four verses each, of wh...
“Out of the Depths” Psalms 130:1-8 ; Psalms 131:1-3 The cry , Psalms 130:1-2 . The word Lord occurs as often as there are verses. The soul in trouble repeats again and again that precious...
After the backward look there would fittingly be an inward look as the worshipper approached the place of worship. This is always a disquieting look. There is no confession here of specific sins, but...
I beg the Reader to take notice of the different Printing of the word Lord in this verse; the former is JAH, the latter is Adonai. For particulars respecting the difference of the two names, I refer...
If thou, Lord, shouldest mark iniquities ,.... Or "observe" f them. Not but that God does observe the sins of men: he sees all the evil actions of bad men done in the dark, which cannot hide them fr...
If thou, LORD, shouldest mark iniquities, O Lord, who shall stand? Ver. 3. If thou, Lord, shouldest mark iniquities ] This and the next verse contains, saith one, the sum of all the Scriptures. Tw...
If thou, Lord, shouldest mark iniquities Observe them accurately, and punish them severely, as they deserve; O Lord, who shall stand? In thy presence, or at thy tribunal. No man could acquit hims...
God's Regard to His Church. A song of degrees. 1 Out of the depths have I cried unto thee, O L ORD . 2 Lord, hear...
Mark iniquities; observe them accurately, and punish them severely, as they deserve. Who shall stand in thy presence , or at thy tribunal? No man can acquit himself, or escape the sentence of cond...
INTRODUCTION The Psalm before us, like the other pilgrim-songs, implies circumstances of bitterness; but it is, as in truth is each of them, more than a cry occasioned by outward hardship and danger...
Psalms 130 This Psalm gives us what we may call the ascent of the soul from the depths to the heights. I. We have the cry from the depths. The depths which the psalmist means are those into which...
Psalms 130:1 . Out of the depths have I cried unto thee, O LORD. «Sinking, sinking, sinking, drowning, dying, hope all but gone, almost everything gone, yet I have cried unto thee; with much fear...
This is one of the penitential psalms, which though it have no title, appears to have been composed by David when in deep distress. Psalms 130:6 . More than they that watch for the morning. The...
Out of the depths have I cried unto Thee. A prayer for deliverance The psalm should probably be regarded as antiphonal; it is composed of several stanzas which were sung responsively by differe...
EXPOSITION THE cry of Israel in extreme distress—apparently a Captivity song. Israel has sinned and been punished; it now acknowledges its sins, and prays for mercy and forgiveness. Towards th...
Prayer for Forgiveness of Sins. A song of degrees, known of old as De Profundis, from its opening words in the Latin version, a sinner's cry to Jehovah for forgiveness and mercy.
Isaiah 53:6 ; Job 10:14 ; Job 15:14 ; Job 9:2 ; Job 9:20 ; Job 9:3 ; John 8:7-9 ; Psalms 143:2 ; Romans 3:20-24
Mark — Observe them accurately and punish them as they deserve. Stand — At thy tribunal.