Psalm 130:7

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Psalms 130:7-8

God’s people should put their hope in Yahweh, in their present distress, because He is loyal in His love, and He will finally provide complete redemption. Ultimate deliverance was sure in the future, and this was to be the ground of the Israelites’ confidence.Today, God’s redeemed saints can call to Him out of the depths of their affliction, too. We can find encouragement in the fact that God has forgiven us all sins past, present, and future. However, we can also look forward to our full,... read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 130:1-8

The De Profundis—a song of redemption from trouble through faith in God. Probably a very late Ps. The Ps. is antiphonal. First voice (Psalms 130:1-2), Second voice (3, 4), First voice (5, 6), Chorus (7, 8).1. Out of the depths] i.e. from sore trouble.4. Feared] Rather a startling statement. But the fear of God means true, earnest religion: cp. Psalms 19:10; Genesis 20:11. 6. RV ’more than watchmen look for the morning,’ i.e. impatiently. 7. Plenteous redemption] i.e. abundant means of effecting... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Psalms 130:7

(7) Let Israel.—Rather (as in Prayer-Book), Hope Israel in Jehovah. It is the watchword of faith addressed to the nation. (Comp. Psalms 131:3 for a rarer form of it.) read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Dictionary of Texts - Psalms 130:1-8

The Sorrows of the Night Psalms 130:6 Few have gone far along life's way without understanding what it is to watch for the morning. The invalid, helpless, sleepless, every nerve strained, with a great weight of confused woe heavy on his breast, welcomes the chill light, though it brings but little respite though he can only say, 'Risest thou thus, dim dawn, again?' Even in full strength, when we lie awake at night, there may come to us all the cruel possibilities of the future, as well as the... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Bible Commentary - Psalms 130:1-8

Psalms 130:1-8IN a very emphatic sense this is a song of ascents, for it climbs steadily from the abyss of penitence to the summits of hope. It falls into two divisions of four verses each, of which the former breathes the prayer of a soul penetrated by the consciousness of sin, and the latter the peaceful expectance of one that has tasted God’s forgiving mercy. These two parts are again divided into two groups of two verses, so that there are four stages in the psalmist’s progress from the... read more

Arno Clemens Gaebelein

Arno Gaebelein's Annotated Bible - Psalms 130:1-8

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... read more

John Calvin

Geneva Study Bible - Psalms 130:7

130:7 Let Israel hope in the LORD: for with the LORD [there is] {d} mercy, and with him [is] plenteous redemption.(d) He shows to whom the mercy of God belongs, that is, Israel, to the Church and not the reprobate. read more

James Gray

James Gray's Concise Bible Commentary - Psalms 130:1-8

This group is differentiated by the title attached to each: “A Song of Degrees” or “A Song of Ascents.” The title seems derived from the going up of the people to Jerusalem at the great festivals which came three times a year. (Compare Deuteronomy 16:16 ; 1 Kings 12:27-28 , etc.); the thought being that they chanted the psalms at different stages in their journey. The pertinency of this application of these psalms is more apparent in some than others. For example, Psalms 121:0 represents the... read more

Robert Hawker

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary - Psalms 130:7-8

We may consider these blessed words in a double sense. First, as the encouragement which one poor sinner may be supposed to give to others, who having experienced divine mercy himself, goes forth and proclaims it abroad. It is as if he had said, "Let Israel hope, let every poor sinner, in whose heart God the Spirit hath put a concern for his salvation, hope; and where a cry to God to obtain it in Christ is put into the soul, let everyone of this description hope; for Jesus is in heaven: Jesus... read more

George Haydock

George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary - Psalms 130:7

PSALM CXXX. (DOMINE NON EST.) The prophet's humility. read more

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