The first four words of this psalm would form an appropriate title: “Out of the depths”.
The author and occasion are not mentioned.
I. Urgent Prayer of the Psalmist (
II. Magnified Forgiveness of God (130:3-4);
III. Waiting Patience of the Psalmist
(130:6);
IV. Unique Hope of Israel
IV. Unique Hope of Israel
(130:7-8).
Psalm 130:1 Out of the depths have I cried unto thee, O LORD.
Beneath the floods prayer lived and struggled; yea, above the roar of the billows rose the cry of faith.
Psalm 130:3 If Thou, LORD, shouldest mark iniquities, O Lord, who shall stand?
Psalm 130:4 But [there is] forgiveness with Thee, that Thou mayest be feared.
Psalm 130:6 My soul [waiteth] for the Lord more than they that watch for the morning: [I say, more than] they that watch for the morning.
Psalm 130:7 Let Israel hope in the LORD: for with the LORD [there is] mercy, and with Him [is] plenteous redemption."
BooksOfTheBible/Charles Spurgeon
Psalm 130:1 Out of the depths have I cried unto thee, O LORD.
Beneath the floods prayer lived and struggled; yea, above the roar of the billows rose the cry of faith.
Deep places beget deep devotion.
Psalm 130:3 If Thou, LORD, shouldest mark iniquities, O Lord, who shall stand?
Psalm 130:6 My soul [waiteth] for the Lord more than they that watch for the morning: [I say, more than] they that watch for the morning.
Psalm 130:7 Let Israel hope in the LORD: for with the LORD [there is] mercy, and with Him [is] plenteous redemption."
BooksOfTheBible/Charles Spurgeon