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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...
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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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WATCH. Hebrew. _shamar_. to keep. observe. An astronomical word, as in
Psalms 19:11. Compare Psalms 105:45; Psalms 107:43; Psalms 119:34
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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...
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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...
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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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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; ...
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130:6 morning. (b-21) Or 'more than the watchers-for-the-morning watch
for the morning.'...
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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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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...
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נַפְשִׁ֥י לַֽ אדֹנָ֑י מִ שֹּׁמְרִ֥ים
לַ֝ †...
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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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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...
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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...
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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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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...
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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...
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_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,...
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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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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...
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I SAY, MORE THEN THEY THAT WATCH FOR THE MORNING:
Or, which watch unto the morning...
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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,...
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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...
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Psalms 130:6 soul H5315 Lord H136 watch H8104 (H8802) watch H8104
(H8802) morning H1242
waiteth -...
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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 130:5
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...
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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...
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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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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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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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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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_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...
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_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...
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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 130:5 HIS WORD in this context probably refers
to the word of forgiveness connected with the sacrifices (e.g.,
Leviticus 4:21)....
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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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Acts 27:29; Isaiah 21:8; Psalms 119:147; Psalms 63:6; Psalms 134:1...
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They — Whether soldiers that keep the night — watches in an army,
or the priests or Levites who did so in the temple....