Psalm 130:1-8 Out of the depths have I cried to you, O LORD.… I. THE PROFOUND MISERY WHICH THE CONSCIOUSNESS OF SIN PRODUCES. (Vers. 1-3.) "Out of the depths. If thou shouldest mark," etc., iniquities, other "depths" than the depths of poverty or bodily affliction. II. THE STRONGEST MOTIVE TO THE REVERENT FEAR OF GOD. (Ver. 4.) "God freely forgives sin - not that men may think lightly of sin, but that they may magnify his grace and mercy in its forgiveness. 'For thy Name's sake pardon mine iniquity.' This a more powerful motive than any other to call forth holy fear and love and self-sacrifice." III. HIS FAITH WAITS IN THE EXPECTATION OF GOD'S FORGIVENESS. (Vers. 5, 6.) 1. His faith is full of hope - is expectant, opposed to unbelieving despondency. Hope supposes difficulties and uncertainties melting away or triumphed over. 2. But it is patient and anxious at the same time. More than those who watch for the morning in the sick-room - whether the sick or those who watch with them. The faith, therefore, is connected with anxious exercises of mind battling with the delay. IV. HE WHO IS CONSCIOUS OF FORGIVENESS CAN INSPIRE OTHERS WITH HOPE AND TRUST. (Vers. 7, 8.) "Hope" - "plenteous redemption" - "will redeem Israel" - not this or that favored man, but Israel, the nation - "from all his iniquities." Not merely from the punishment, but from the iniquities themselves. - S. Parallel Verses KJV: {A Song of degrees.} Out of the depths have I cried unto thee, O LORD. |
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