Psalms 130:4

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, not but, to follow here. THERE IS FORGIVENESS WITH THEE, THAT THOU MAYEST BE FEARED. The knowledge of God's character as, "forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin" (Exodus 34:7), gives the hope of acceptance with Him, and deliverance from sin's penalty. So men who by the Spirit are taught what God is, are instinctively led to come and reverently worship Him with the 'fear,' not of trembling slaves, but of loving sons. A harsh God (such as the devil pictures God to...

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 death, should it so please him, yet how few are persuaded of the truth which the Prophet now adds, that the grace of which they stand in need shall not be denied them? They either sleep in their sins through stupidity, or fluctuate amidst a variety of doubts, and, at length, are overwhelmed with despair. This maxim, “that no man is free from sin,” is, as I have said, received among all men without dispute, and yet the majority shut their eyes to their own faults, and settle securely in hiding ­ places to which, in their ignorance, they have betaken themselves, if they are not forcibly roused out of them, and then, when pursued close by the judgments of God, they are overwhelmed with alarm, or so...

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 Lord alone can heal. And until men are sensible of the guilt of sin, and quit all to come at once to God, it is in vain for them to expect any relief. The Holy Ghost gives to such poor souls a fresh sense of their deep necessity, to stir them up in earnest applications, by the prayer of faith, by crying to God. And as they love their souls, as they are concerned for the glory of the Lord, they are not to be wanting in this duty. Why is it that these matters are so long uncertain with them? Is it not from sloth and despondency that they content themselves with common and customary applications to God? Then let us up and be doing; it must be done, and it is attended with safety. We are to humbl...

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 Advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous; and he is the propitiation for our sins, and not for ours only, but also for _the_ _sins_ of the whole world." "Hear, O heavens, and give ear, O earth; for the Lord hath spoken!" Jesus has died for our sins; therefore God _can be just, and yet the justifier of him who believeth in_ _Jesus_....

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 idea is, that sin may be forgiven; or, that God is a Being who does pardon sin, and that this is the only ground of hope. When we come before God, the ground of our hope is not that we can justify ourselves; not that we can prove we have not sinned; not that we can explain our sins away; not that we can offer an apology for them; it is only in a frank and full confession, and in a hope that God will forgive them. He who does not come in this manner can have no hope of acceptance with God. THAT THOU MAYEST BE FEARED - That thou mayest be reverenced; or, that men may be brought to serve and worship thee - may be brought to a proper reverence for thy

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 (Psalms 130:7, Psalms 130:8)the prayer rises into confident hope. Metrically, the psalm consists of four stanzas, each of two verses. PSALMS 130:1 OUT OF THE DEPTHS HAVE I CRIED UNTO THEE, O LORD (comp. Psalms 69:2, Psalms 69:14;...

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 him by his promise of it in covenant; by appointing his Son to shed his blood for it, and exalting him as a Saviour to give it; by proclaiming it in the Gospel; and by the numerous instances of it, both under the Old and under the New Testament. Or, there is "a propitiation with thee"; as the Septuagint and Vulgate Latin versions render it: God had found out Christ to be the propitiatory sacrifice for sin, and the ransom of his people; and set him forth in his purposes and decrees for that end; and which was made known by the sacrifices of the law, typical of it; and in the fulness of time he sent him to be the propitiation for it, and he is become so; and has made reconciliation for sin, an...

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, and little hope, ‘Out of the depths have I cried unto thee, O Lord.'» Psalms 130:2. _Lord, hear my voice: let thine ears be attentive to the voice of my supplications. If thou, LORD, shouldest mark iniquities, O Lord, who shall stand?_ Judged by ourselves, on the ground of absolute justice, none of us can hope to stand before his judgment seat without being condemned. I trust that we all know and feel that this is true. Psalms 130:4. But there is forgiveness with t

FEARED (_ See Scofield) - (Psalms 19:9). _...

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 celebrate the feasts of the Lord--”Whither the tribes go up, the tribes of the LORD, a testimony for Israel, to give thanks unto the name of the LORD.” They are indeed Psalms of “the goings-up” for we rise higher and higher as we read through them. Prophetically they give us again the steps from trial and suffering to the glorious consummation. As they are so simple in language and construction no lengthy annotations are needed. Psalms 120:1 begins with distress, picturing again the suffering of the righteous godly remnant. In Psalms 121:1 the Keeper of Israel, the Covenant Keeping God, is revealed