Wesley's Explanatory Notes
Psalms 130:6
They — Whether soldiers that keep the night — watches in an army, or the priests or Levites who did so in the temple.
They — Whether soldiers that keep the night — watches in an army, or the priests or Levites who did so in the temple.
Verse Psalms 130:6. MORE THAN _THEY THAT WATCH FOR THE MORNING._] I believe the original should be read differently from what it is here. The _Chaldee_ has, "More than they who observe the morning wa...
MY SOUL WAITETH FOR THE LORD MORE THAN THEY THAT WATCH FOR THE MORNING - More intently; more anxiously. The Septuagint and Latin Vulgate render this, “My soul hopeth in the Lord from the morning watch...
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....
WATCH. Hebrew. _shamar_. to keep. observe. An astronomical word, as in Psalms 19:11. Compare Psalms 105:45; Psalms 107:43; Psalms 119:34
DISCOURSE: 723 WAITING UPON GOD Psalms 130:5. _I wait for the Lord, my soul doth wait, and in His word do I hope. My soul waiteth for the Lord more than they that watch for the morning; I say, more t...
MY SOUL WAITETH, &C.— Or, _My soul hasteth to the Lord, from the guards in the morning, the guards in the morning._ Mr. Green renders it, _My soul waiteth for the Lord more ardently than those who wat...
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.
My soul waiteth for the Lord more than they that watch for the morning: I say, more than they that watch for the morning. MY SOUL (WAITETH) FOR THE LORD MORE THAN THEY THAT WATCH FOR THE MORNING; ...
130:6 morning. (b-21) Or 'more than the watchers-for-the-morning watch for the morning.'...
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
WATCH FOR THE MORNING. — Comp. Psalms 123:2 for another figure of the same earnest upward gaze. In the “watcher for the dawn” there may be an allusion to the Levite-sentinel whose duty it was to signa...
נַפְשִׁ֥י לַֽ אדֹנָ֑י מִ שֹּׁמְרִ֥ים לַ֝ †...
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...
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, whom the Lord hath set forth as a propitiation th...
6._My soul hath waited for the Lord before the watchers of the morning. _In this verse he expresses both the ardor and the perseverance of his desire. In saying that he anticipated the watchmen, he sh...
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...
MY SOUL [WAITETH] FOR THE LORD,.... This is repeated for the confirmation of it, and to show the vehement and constant disposition of his mind towards the Lord; as well as for the sake of what follows...
My soul [waiteth] for the Lord more than they that watch for the morning: [I say, more than] they that watch for the morning. Ver. 6. _My soul waiteth for the Lord_] Or, watcheth for the Lord, Heb. m...
_My soul waiteth for the Lord_ This verse in the original is remarkably concise, forcible, and elegant. It is literally, _My soul for the Lord_, (namely, waiteth,) _more than watchers for the morning,...
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....
My soul waiteth for the Lord, turned in longing toward the All-powerful, MORE THAN THEY THAT WATCH FOR THE MORNING, those unable to rest on account of illness or misery, in whose case the rising of th...
I SAY, MORE THEN THEY THAT WATCH FOR THE MORNING: Or, which watch unto the morning...
5-8 It is for the Lord that my soul waits, for the gifts of his grace, and the working of his power. We must hope for that only which he has promised in his word. Like those who wish to see the dawn,...
Whether soldiers that keep the night watches in an army or city, or the priests or Levites who did so in the temple; who being wearied with hard service and want of convenient rest, diligently look fo...
Psalms 130:6 soul H5315 Lord H136 watch H8104 (H8802) watch H8104 (H8802) morning H1242 waiteth -...
Psalms 130:6 No one can read the Psalms and doubt that David knew and loved the Second Advent. And therefore I am inclined to believe that it was of this he spoke in the text. I. Who but a very bad m...
Psalms 130:5 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 I looked earnestly." Mark that past tense, and now the...
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 130:1. _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...
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...
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...
_More than they that watch for the morning._ THE CHRISTIAN WATCHMAN I. This world is a night, The morning presupposes the night, and this world most properly is compared to a long winter’s night whi...
_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 heaven they have no emotion but that of joy; we know that al...
_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 130:5 HIS WORD in this context probably refers to the word of forgiveness connected with the sacrifices (e.g., Leviticus 4:21)....
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...
Acts 27:29; Isaiah 21:8; Psalms 119:147; Psalms 63:6; Psalms 134:1...