Psalms 130:1-7

Awaiting Redemption

A song of ascents.

1 Out of the depths I call to You, Lord!

2 Lord, listen to my voice; let Your ears be attentive to my cry for help.

3 Lord, if You considered sins, Lord, who could stand?

4 But with You there is forgiveness, so that You may be revered.

5 I wait for the Lord; I wait, and put my hope in His word.

6 I [wait] for the Lord more than watchmen for the morning- more than watchmen for the morning.

7 Israel, put your hope in the Lord.^[a] For there is faithful love with the Lord, and with Him is redemption in abundance.

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Psalms 130:1-7 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO PSALM 130

\\<>\\. This psalm is by some thought to have been written by David either when persecuted by Saul, and in great distress, and fearful he should perish by him; or else when in great distress of mind because of sin, after the affair of Bathsheba; and it is reckoned therefore among the penitential psalms. Though others think it was written by Ezra, or some other godly person in the captivity; and Aben Ezra and R. Obadiah interpret it of Israel in captivity. The Syriac inscription is, ``one of the psalms of ascension: it is said concerning Nehemiah the priest (or rather the prince or governor, since Nehemiah was no priest); and it intimates in it the prayer of the martyrs.'' It may be applied to any person in distress, outward or inward; applying to God for help and deliverance, for pardoning grace and mercy; encouraging himself and others to hope for it.

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

Footnotes 1

[a]. Ps 131:3