“ I wait for the LORD, my soul doth wait, and in his word do I hope. ”
I wait for the Lord - That is, in this state of distress and trouble - from these “depths” of woe, and sorrow, and conviction of sin. This implies two things: (1) that he had no other dependenc...
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...
soul. Hebrew. nephesh . App-13. His word: as sent to Hezekiah by Jehovah through Isaiah.
5. I have waited for Jehovah. After having testified in general that God is ready to show mercy to poor sinners who betake themselves to him, the Psalmist concludes that he is thereby encour...
DISCOURSE: 723 WAITING UPON GOD Psalms 130:5-6 . I wait for the Lord, my soul doth wait, and in His word do I hope. My soul waiteth for the Lord more than they that watch for the morning; I say,...
I wait for the LORD, my soul doth wait, and in his word do I hope. I wait for the Lord - The word קוה kavah, which we translate to wait, properly signifies the extension of a cord from one point to a...
I wait for the LORD, my soul doth wait, and in his word do I hope. I wait for the Lord, my soul doth wait. The Lord will wait, that He may be gracious unto them that wait for Him ( Isaiah 30:...
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...
I wait. — The Hebrew expresses, I have been waiting, and still wait. Mark the earnestness in the repetition, I wait, my soul waits.
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...
How very beautiful in language, as well as delightful in doctrine, are these expressions! When a soul looking by faith to the man at God's right hand, whom the Lord hath set forth as a propitiation t...
I wait for the Lord ,.... For his gracious presence and the light of his countenance, being in darkness, as well as in the deep; for his salvation and deliverance out of the depths of distress; for...
I wait for the LORD, my soul doth wait, and in his word do I hope. Ver. 5. I wait for the Lord ] I wait, and wait, viz. for deliverance out of misery, Psalms 130:1 , being assured of pardoning me...
I wait for the Lord That he would manifest his favour to me in the pardon of my sins, and thereby give me relief and comfort. My soul doth wait I wait for him in sincerity, and not in profession...
Encouragement to Trust in and Depend upon God. 5 I wait for the L ORD , my soul doth wait, and in his word do I hope. ...
I wait for the Lord, that he would manifest his favour to me in the pardon of my sins. In his word; wherein he hath declared his merciful nature, Exodus 34:6,7 , and his gracious purpose and p...
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.
Genesis 49:18 ; Hebrews 6:18 ; Isaiah 26:8 ; Isaiah 30:18 ; Isaiah 8:17 ; Luke 2:25 ; Luke 2:38 ; Psalms 27:14 ; Psalms 33:20 ; Psalms 40:1 ; Psalms 62:1 ; Psalms 62:5
I wait — That he would pardon my sins.