{"id":8532,"date":"2023-10-19T09:37:42","date_gmt":"2023-10-19T15:37:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/versebyverse.carpelibra.org\/?p=8532"},"modified":"2023-10-19T09:38:08","modified_gmt":"2023-10-19T15:38:08","slug":"psalm-130","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/versebyverse.carpelibra.org\/?p=8532","title":{"rendered":"Psalm 130"},"content":{"rendered":"

A Song of Ascents.<\/span><\/em><\/h3>\n

1 <\/span>Out of the depths I have cried to You, O Lord<\/span>;<\/span><\/span><\/em><\/h3>\n

2 <\/sup>Lord, hear my voice!<\/span><\/em>
\nLet Your ears be attentive<\/span><\/em>
\nTo the voice of my supplications.<\/span><\/em><\/h3>\n

3\u00a0<\/sup>If You, Lord<\/span>, should mark iniquities,<\/span><\/em>
\nO Lord, who could stand?<\/span><\/em><\/h3>\n

4 <\/sup>But there is forgiveness with You,<\/span><\/em>
\nThat You may be feared.<\/span><\/em><\/h3>\n

5\u00a0<\/sup>I wait for the Lord<\/span>, my soul waits,<\/span><\/em>
\nAnd in His word I do hope.<\/span><\/em><\/h3>\n

6 <\/sup>My soul waits for the Lord<\/span><\/em>
\nMore than those who watch for the morning\u2014<\/span><\/em>
\nYes, more than those who watch for the morning.<\/span><\/em><\/h3>\n
\n

7\u00a0<\/sup>O Israel, hope in the Lord<\/span>;<\/span><\/em>
\nFor with the Lord<\/span>there is mercy,<\/span><\/em>
\nAnd with Him is abundant redemption.<\/span><\/em><\/h3>\n

8 <\/sup>And He shall redeem Israel<\/span><\/em>
\nFrom all his iniquities.<\/span><\/em><\/h3>\n

Although the psalmist doesn’t state what circumstances (“depths”) he faces, the use of the words “iniquities,” “forgiveness,” “mercy,” and “redemption” seem to indicate it was brought about by his own (or the nation’s) sins.<\/h3>\n

The name of “Lord” (either “Jehovah,” “Jah,” or “Adonai”) occurs as many times as there are verses. \u2014 Meyer, page 157.<\/span><\/h3>\n

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The depths out of which the psalmist cries out to the LORD are not physical<\/em> depths, but rather the inward “depths” of emotional and psychological distress, in this case specifically as a result of his iniquities (of which the outward<\/em> consequences undoubtedly added to his sense of distress). By affirming his own iniquity, not just as the psalmist, but also as God’s prophet<\/em>, the writer is implying that no one<\/em> is free from in iniquity (as also affirmed in, e.g., Psalm 49:7-8<\/span><\/a>, Ecclesiastes 7:20; Acts 3:23<\/span><\/a>) \u2014 which truth he explicitly applies to Israel in the last section of this psalm (vs. 7-8). The dilemma is presented by the rhetorical question in v.3: No one could stand (i.e., maintain his justification\/exoneration from culpability) before God if He marked (lit, “preserved” \u2014 i.e., held irrevocably and unforgivingly against one) his iniquities\u2014for God is perfectly good (i.e., holy and sinless) and all people are bad (i.e., unholy and sinful). \u2014 Wechsler, pages 310-311.<\/span><\/h3>\n

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The central, for final, purpose of God’s attribute of forgiveness (as of any other attribute) is that He might be worshiped (as opposed to that final purpose being the forgiveness of man: thus also in Psalm 79:9<\/span><\/a>: “Deliver us and forgive our sins for Thy<\/em> name’s sake”). It is the personal experience of this divine forgiveness that underlies the psalmist’s affirmation, “I wait for the LORD … and in His word I do hope” \u2014 by which he means not<\/em> that he is waiting for the Lord to forgive him, for the consistent testimony of Scripture is that God’s forgiveness is immediately<\/em> available to the one who seeks it (cf. 2 Samuel 12:13; Psalm 86:5<\/span><\/a>; Isaiah 6:5-7; 1 John 1:9), but rather that, because<\/em> he is forgiven, he is waiting with full confidence that He who began a good work in him (by forgiving him) will one day perfect it (Philippians 1:6<\/span><\/a>) by raising him up imperishable. \u2014 Wechsler, pages 311-312.<\/span><\/h3>\n

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The psalmist exhorts Israel collectively to do like him and hope in the LORD. The psalmist’s primary reference in this last section (vs. 7-8) is to that day when God will redeem Israel from all his iniquities (Zechariah 12:10-13:1; Romans 11:25-27<\/span><\/a>). \u2014 Wechsler, page 312.<\/span><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n

Williams’ take:<\/h3>\n

The Singer is Messiah. He will as Israel’s High Priest in the day of her future sufferings, confess her sins, plead for forgiveness from them, and animate her to set her hope upon Jehovah, Who will surely redeem her out of the hand of her enemies. …<\/span><\/h3>\n

A double lesson is … taught: first, that Divine forgiveness aims at holiness as a consequence (v.4); and second, that suffering is the certain companion of sanctification; for evil hates goodness (v.8). This song, therefore, recognizes the fact of suffering, but attaches more importance to the forgiveness of sin which causes suffering, than to deliverance from suffering itself. …<\/span><\/h3>\n

“The depths” (v.1) relate to the depth of the affliction which Israel will suffer under the False Messiah, and which will be the just punishment of her rejection of the True Messiah. \u2014 Williams, page 404.<\/span><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A Song of Ascents. 1 Out of the depths I have cried to You, O Lord; 2 Lord, hear my voice! Let Your ears be attentive To the voice of my supplications. 3\u00a0If You, Lord, should mark iniquities, O Lord, … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23,31],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8532","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-1-corinthians","category-psalms"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/versebyverse.carpelibra.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8532","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/versebyverse.carpelibra.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/versebyverse.carpelibra.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/versebyverse.carpelibra.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/versebyverse.carpelibra.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8532"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/versebyverse.carpelibra.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8532\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8535,"href":"https:\/\/versebyverse.carpelibra.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8532\/revisions\/8535"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/versebyverse.carpelibra.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8532"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/versebyverse.carpelibra.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8532"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/versebyverse.carpelibra.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8532"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}