Psalms 130:5

I wait. — The Hebrew expresses, I have been waiting, and still wait. Mark the earnestness in the repetition, I wait, my soul waits.

Related Commentaries of Psalms 130:5

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

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 implie...
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

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...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

soul. Hebrew. nephesh . App-13. His word: as sent to Hezekiah by Jehovah through Isaiah.
Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

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...
Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

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...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

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 sig...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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...
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

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 f...
Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

“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 sou...
G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

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....
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

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...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

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 a...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

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 mis...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Encouragement to Trust in and Depend upon God. 5 I wait for the L ORD...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

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,...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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 th...
Sermon Bible Commentary

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 de...
Sermon Bible Commentary

Psalms 130:5-6 In Dr. Kay's translation of the Psalms, these verses are rendered thus: "I waited for the Lord; my soul waited, And for His word...
Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Psalms 130:1 . Out of the depths have I cried unto thee, O LORD. «Sinking, sinking, sinking, drowning, dying, hope all but gone, almost everythin...
Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Psalms 130:1 . Out of the depths have I cried unto thee, O LORD. The most eminent of God's saints have been in the depths; wherefore, then, shoul...
Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Psalms 130:1 . Out of the depths have I cried unto thee, O LORD. God's people have to go into the depths, and God's people pray in the depths, an...
Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

I will first read the Psalm through, and afterwards say a few words by way of exposition. Psalms 130:1-19 . Out of the depths have I cried unto th...
Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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...
The Biblical Illustrator

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 sever...
The Biblical Illustrator

I wait for the Lord. Waiting, hoping, watching I. Waiting. 1. This is the constant posture of all the saints of God. Fancy not that in heave...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION THE cry of Israel in extreme distress—apparently a Captivity song. Israel has sinned and been punished; it now acknowledges its sin...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

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...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

I wait for the Lord, in confident expectation of His deliverance and assistance, my soul doth wait, with all the intensity of a painful longing, a...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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...
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

I wait — That he would pardon my sins.

⁵ I wait for the LORD, my soul doth wait, and in his word do I hope.

Related Commentaries of Psalms 130:5

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sermon Bible Commentary

Sermon Bible Commentary

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Psalms 130:5