There is forgiveness with thee; thou art able and ready to forgive repenting sinners. That thou mayest be feared; not with a slavish, but with a child-like fear and reverence. This grace and mercy of thine is the foundation of all religion and worship of thee in the world, without which men would desperately proceed on in their impious courses without any thought of repentance.
Verse Psalms 130:4. _BUT_ THERE IS _FORGIVENESS WITH THEE_] Thou canst forgive; mercy belongs to thee, as well as judgment. The doctrine here is the doctrine of St. John: "If any man sin, we have an...
BUT THERE IS FORGIVENESS WITH THEE - The Septuagint renders this ἱλασμός _hilasmos_, propitiation, reconciliation; the Latin Vulgate “propitiatio,” propitiation. The Hebrew word means “pardon.” The...
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...
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....
BUT. For; or Because; corresponding with Psalms 130:7. FORGIVENESS. the forgiveness: viz. that which Heze-kiah gave thanks for in Isaiah 38:17....
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...
BUT THERE IS FORGIVENESS WITH THEE, THAT THOU MAYEST BE FEARED— For, otherwise, who could hold up his head before him? See the note on Psalms 111:10 and Sherlock's Discourses, vol. 4: Disc. 5....
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.
But there is forgiveness with thee, that thou mayest be feared. BUT - rather, in the usual sense of the Hebrew [ kiy (H3588)], "FOR" (see note, Psalms 130:3, for the ellipsis), which requires for,...
FEARED] Rather a startling statement. But the fear of God means true, earnest religion: cp. Psalms 19:10; Genesis 20:11. 6. RV 'more than watchmen look for the morning,' i.e. impatiently....
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 ...
Psalms 107:150 _GORDON CHURCHYARD_ PSALMS 130 PSALMS FOR CLIMBING; PSALMS 120:134 Jesus said, "We wi
BUT. — Rather, _for,_ marking an ellipse easily supplied. Israel’s sense of Jehovah’s readiness to forgive was too deep to need expression, it was understood; “Thou wilt not mark, &c, for...” FORGIVE...
כִּֽי ־עִמְּךָ֥ הַ סְּלִיחָ֑ה לְ֝מַ֗עַן תִּוָּרֵֽא׃...
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...
“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,...
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...
But [there is] forgiveness with thee, that thou (c) mayest be feared. (c) Because by nature you are merciful therefore the faithful revere you....
I do not know in the whole volume of the Old Testament a verse more strongly marked with faith in Christ, or more immediately directed to the great assurances of redemption by Him, than this most beau...
4._But with thee there is forgiveness. _This verse leads us farther. Though all men confess with the mouth that there is no human being in the world whom God may not justly adjudge to everlasting deat...
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...
BUT [THERE IS] FORGIVENESS WITH THEE,.... And with God only; not with angels, nor any of the sons of men; and which flows from his grace and mercy, through the blood of his Son. It appears to be with...
But [there is] forgiveness with thee, that thou mayest be feared. Ver. 4. _But there is forgiveness with thee_] This holds head above water, that we have to do with a forgiving God, Nehemiah 9:31; no...
_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...
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....
But there is forgiveness with Thee, the unmerited grace and mercy of the Lord being the only hope of sinful mortals, their only chance of deliverance and salvation, THAT THOU MAYEST BE FEARED, for the...
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...
Psalms 130:4 forgiveness H5547 feared H3372 (H8735) Forgiveness - Map1 I0091 But there - Psalms 25:11, Psalms 86:5
FEARED (_ See Scofield) - (Psalms 19:9). _...
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...
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...
Psalms 130:4 Surely it is a time known to most of us when we have, in our self-abasement, felt the mercy of God to be the sole warrant for our return to Him; and with that feeling there have come ligh...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
_But there is forgiveness with Thee, that Thou mayest be feared._ DIVINE FORGIVENESS I. We are indebted to Revelation alone for the knowledge of this fact, that there is forgiveness with God. 1. The...
_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...
_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...
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...
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
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....
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...
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...
1 Kings 8:39; 1 Kings 8:40; 2 Corinthians 5:19; 2 Timothy 2:19; Ac
Forgiveness — Thou art able and ready to forgive repenting sinners. Feared — Not with a slavish, but with a childlike fear. This mercy of thine is the foundation of all religion, without which men wou...