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Verse Psalms 130:3. _IF THOU - SHOULDEST MARK INIQUITIES_] If thou
shouldst set down every deviation in thought, word, and deed from thy
holy law; and if thou shouldst call us into judgment for all o...
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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, as use...
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PSALM 120-134
The Psalms of Degrees
Fifteen brief Psalms follow, called songs of degrees, or, ascents.
They were in all probability used by Israel going up to Jerusalem
three times a year to celebrat...
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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
religion....
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DISCOURSE: 722
GOD’S MERCY AN ENCOURAGEMENT TO PRAYER
Psalms 130:1. _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
supplication...
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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, so...
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PSALMS 130
DESCRIPTIVE TITLE
Ransomed out of the Depths.
ANALYSIS
Stanza I., Psalms 130:1-2, The Fact of Supplication. Narrated. Stanza
II., Psalms 130:3-4, The Terms of the Supplication Stated.
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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), Second voice (3, 4), First voice (5, 6), Chorus ...
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Psalms 107:150
_GORDON CHURCHYARD_
PSALMS 130
PSALMS FOR CLIMBING;
PSALMS 120:134
Jesus said, "We wi
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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
10:14; Job...
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אִם ־עֲוֹנֹ֥ות תִּשְׁמָר ־יָ֑הּ
אֲ֝דֹנָ֗י מִ֣י...
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Psalms 130:1
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 which th...
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“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
Name,...
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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...
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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....
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_Israel. This occurs in the preceding psalm. (Calmet) --- David
encourages all to hope by his own experience. (Worthington)_...
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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 t...
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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 by his
ow...
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Psalms 130 takes up another subject, of the place of which we have
found clear traces before the sins of Israel as between the people and
God. It is not, however, now merely legal distress. Confidence...
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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 from...
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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. Twic...
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_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 himse...
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If Thou, Lord, shouldest mark iniquities, observing them, bearing them
in mind, imputing them to the sinner, O LORD, WHO SHALL STAND? No
human being could stand up fearlessly before the all-seeing eye...
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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....
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1-4 The only way of relief for a sin-entangled soul, is by applying
to God alone. Many things present themselves as diversions, many
things offer themselves as remedies, but the soul finds that the L...
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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 condemn...
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Psalms 130:3 LORD H3050 mark H8104 (H8799) iniquities H5771 Lord H136
stand H5975 (H8799)
shouldest mark -...
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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 the...
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Psalms 130:3
We have here the second stage in the journey of the soul from the
abyss to God.
I. Consider the state itself. "If Thou, Lord, shouldest mark
iniquities, O Lord, who shall stand?" (1) The...
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Psalms 130:3
I. It is when the sinner feels his weakness and his utter inability to
deliver himself from the clinging guilt of the past, to shake off by
the mere exercise of his will the evil habits a...
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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, should I murmur if I have to endure trials? What am I that...
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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,
a...
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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, and often they pray best in the depths. The rarest pear...
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I will first read the Psalm through, and afterwards say a few words by
way of exposition.
Psalms 130:1. Out of the depths have I cried unto thee, O LORD. Lord,
hear my voice: let thine ears be attent...
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CONTENTS: The Psalmist's desire toward God and his repentance before
God.
CHARACTERS: God, Psalmist.
CONCLUSION: Those who cry to God out of a sincere heart when they are
in the depths of despair wi...
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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 wor...
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_If Thou, Lord, shouldst mark iniquities, O Lord, who shall stand?_
A PSALMIST’S QUESTION AND ANSWER
I want to cheer some of you who at present hardly dare to pray. Yet
you are the very people who ma...
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_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 different...
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PSALM PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 130:1. This is an individual lament,
expressing repentance and trust in God’s mercy. The psalm climbs
from “out of the depths” of misery over one’s sin, to confession
of it...
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PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 130:3 If God SHOULD MARK INIQUITIES (as if he
kept them in a record book), no one, not even the faithful who are
singing this, COULD STAND. And yet WITH the L
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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....
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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 the end (P...
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Out of the depths have I cried unto thee, O LORD. Lord, hear my voice:
let your ears be attentive to the voice of my [prayers or]
supplications. For if you, LORD, should start [making a list] marking...
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Isaiah 53:6; Job 10:14; Job 15:14; Job 9:2; Job 9:20;...
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Mark — Observe them accurately and punish them as they deserve.
Stand — At thy tribunal....