Psalms 130:1

Related Commentaries of Psalms 130:1

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Out of the depths - The word rendered “depths” is from a verb - עמק ‛ âmaq - which means to be deep; then, to be unsearchable; then, to mak...
Arno Geneva Study Bible

"A Song of degrees." Out of the (a) depths have I cried unto thee, O LORD. (a) Being in great distress and sorrow.
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

Title.. Song of degrees. Same as 120. See App-67. depths. Symbolical of distress. Compare Psalms 42:7 ; Psalms 66:12 ; Psalms 69:2 .
Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

1. Out of the deep places have I cried to thee, O Jehovah! It is to be noticed that the Prophet speaks of himself as sending forth his voice...
Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

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

A Song of degrees. Out of the depths have I cried unto thee, O LORD. Out of the depths - The captives in Babylon represent their condition like those...
Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

The Psalmist professeth his hope in prayer, and his patience in hope: he exhorteth Israel to hope in God. A Song of Degrees. Title. המעלות שׁ...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Out of the depths have I cried unto thee, O LORD. Psalms 130:1-8 .-Out of deep distress Israel cries to Yahweh, casting herself on God's merc...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Out of the depths ] i.e. from sore trouble.
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...
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Out of the depths. — A recurrent image for overwhelming distress ( Psalms 18:16 ; Psalms 88:7 ; also Psalms 69:2 , where the same Hebrew word occ...
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

CONTENTS This most precious psalm contains the deep breathings of the soul under a sense of sin; the holy triumphs of the soul in the view of the pr...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Deep calleth unto deep, saith one of old. And when a poor brokenhearted sinner, from, the depths of sin, crieth to the depths of divine mercy, sweet...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Out of the depths have I cried unto thee, O Lord. Out of deep waters, out of the depths of the sea; not literally, as Jonah, who really was there,...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

Psalms 130:1 «A Song of degrees. » Out of the depths have I cried unto thee, O LORD. Ver. 1. Out of the depths have I cried unto thee ] i.e....
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Out of the depths Being overwhelmed with deep distresses and terrors, and ready to despair; have I cried unto thee “Like another Jonas, entombed...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

God's Regard to His Church. A song of degrees. 1 Out of the depths...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

PSALM 130 THE ARGUMENT This Psalm was composed by the prophet when he was conflicting with horrors of his conscience for the guilt of his sins, and...
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...
Scofield Reference Notes

A Song of degrees Literally, "of ascents." Perhaps chanted by the people as they went up to Jerusalem to the feasts. See, for example ( Psalms...
Sermon Bible Commentary

Psalms 130:1 I. That deep was not merely the deep of affliction. You may see men with every comfort which wealth and home can give who are torment...
Sermon Bible Commentary

Psalms 130:1-2 There are deep soul-utterances here: there are the trouble and the darkness that often precede or accompany the coming to life agai...
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...
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 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

Out of the depths have I cried unto Thee, O Lord, these depths being those of sin with its resulting distress, calamity, and peril, represented by an...
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...

¹ Out of the depths have I cried unto thee, O LORD.

Related Commentaries of Psalms 130:1

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study 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

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole 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

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

Scofield Reference Notes

Sermon Bible 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 Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Psalms 130:1