Homilist Psalm 130:6 My soul waits for the Lord more than they that watch for the morning: I say, more than they that watch for the morning. I. THE OBJECT OF HIS HOPE IN HIS SORROWS — "I wait for the Lord." This implies two things — 1. A belief that the Lord would appear for him. He seemed as if He was hidden from him now. The clouds of his sorrow concealed Him, as the mists of the earth conceal the sun, but he knew that He would come, and he waited. 2. A belief that at His appearance he should have relief. He would not wait if he felt there would come no deliverance, still less if he felt that his sorrows would be aggravated by the event. God will come to deliver His people out of their sorrows. "I know that my Redeemer liveth," etc. II. THE GROUND OF HIS HOPE IN HIS SORROW. "In His Word do I hope." 1. His Word promises deliverance to the good in sorrow. 2. His Word is infallibly true. What He has promised must be fulfilled. III. THE EARNESTNESS OF HIS HOPE IN HIS SORROW. "My soul waiteth for the Lord more," etc. This implies — 1. The intensity of his distress. His soul is in the midnight of sadness, and he looks with stronger solicitude for relief than they that watch for the morning. In a suffering world there are thousands every night who watch earnestly for the morning. The man tossed on the bed of agony watches for the morning; the prisoner in his cell watches for the morning; the mariner in the storm watches for the morning; the general who has to decide on the coming day the destiny of his campaign, watches for the morning. None, however, watch more anxiously for the morning than the soul in anguish watches for its God. 2. The certainty of his deliverance. The night always appears long to the sufferer; still the morning comes at last. The sun comes mounting the steeps of heaven, chasing the darkness away, brightening the landscape, and pouring gladness into the world. Even so deliverance will come to the good. (Homilist.) Parallel Verses KJV: My soul waiteth for the Lord more than they that watch for the morning: I say, more than they that watch for the morning. |
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