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PSALM CXXX
_The prayer of a penitent to God, with confession of sin_, 1-3.
_Confidence in God's mercy, and waiting upon him_, 4-6.
_Israel is encouraged to hope in the Lord, because of his_
_willi...
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OUT OF THE DEPTHS - The word rendered “depths” is from a verb -
עמק _‛__âmaq_ - which means to be deep; then, to be
unsearchable; then, to make deep; and it would apply to anything low,
deep, or prof...
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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 celebrat...
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CXXX. WAITING FOR GOD.
Psalms 130:1. depths refers primarily to God's exaltation in heaven,
man's position far below on earth.
Psalms 130:4. The fear of Yahweh was to pious Jews the sum of
religion....
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TITLE.. SONG OF DEGREES. Same as 120. See App-67.
DEPTHS. Symbolical of distress. Compare Psalms 42:7; Psalms 66:12;
Psalms 69:2....
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DISCOURSE: 722
GOD’S MERCY AN ENCOURAGEMENT TO PRAYER
Psalms 130:1. _Out of the depths have I cried unto thee, O Lord. Lord,
hear my voice: let thine ears be attentive to the voice of my
supplication...
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_The Psalmist professeth his hope in prayer, and his patience in hope:
he exhorteth Israel to hope in God._
A Song of Degrees.
_Title._ המעלות שׁיר _Shiir hammangaloth._] Bishop Patrick
observes, tha...
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PSALMS 130
DESCRIPTIVE TITLE
Ransomed out of the Depths.
ANALYSIS
Stanza I., Psalms 130:1-2, The Fact of Supplication. Narrated. Stanza
II., Psalms 130:3-4, The Terms of the Supplication Stated.
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Out of the depths have I cried unto thee, O LORD.
Psalms 130:1.-Out of deep distress Israel cries to Yahweh, casting
herself on God's mercy not to mark her iniquity (Psalms 130:1); she
waits for it...
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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), Second voice (3, 4), First voice (5, 6), Chorus ...
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OUT OF THE DEPTHS] i.e. from sore trouble....
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Psalms 107:150
_GORDON CHURCHYARD_
PSALMS 130
PSALMS FOR CLIMBING;
PSALMS 120:134
Jesus said, "We wi
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OUT OF THE DEPTHS. — A recurrent image for overwhelming distress
(Psalms 18:16; Psalms 88:7; also Psalms 69:2, where the same Hebrew
word occurs). It is used literally in...
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שִׁ֥יר הַֽ מַּעֲלֹ֑ות מִ
מַּעֲמַקִּ֖ים קְרָאתִ֣יךָ...
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Psalms 130:1
IN 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 th...
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“OUT OF THE DEPTHS”
Psalms 130:1-8; Psalms 131:1-3
_The cry_, Psalms 130:1-2. The word _Lord_ occurs as often as there
are verses. The soul in trouble repeats again and again that precious
Name,...
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After the backward look there would fittingly be an inward look as the
worshipper approached the place of worship. This is always a
disquieting look. There is no confession here of specific sins, but...
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"A Song of degrees." Out of the (a) depths have I cried unto thee, O
LORD.
(a) Being in great distress and sorrow....
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Of David, is not in Septuagint. But he probably composed this psalm to
exculpate himself from the accusation of pride. (Berthier) --- It may
agree with Esther, Nehemias, &c., 2 Esdras v. 15. (Calmet)...
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CONTENTS
This most precious psalm contains the deep breathings of the soul
under a sense of sin; the holy triumphs of the soul in the view of the
propitiary, the redemption by Jesus: and the earnest...
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Deep calleth unto deep, saith one of old. And when a poor
brokenhearted sinner, from, the depths of sin, crieth to the depths of
divine mercy, sweet is that frame of soul, and sure to be beard. For
it...
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1._Out of the deep places have I cried to thee, O Jehovah! _It is to
be noticed that the Prophet speaks of himself as sending forth his
voice, as it were from out of a deep gulf, (118) feeling himself...
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Psalms 130 takes up another subject, of the place of which we have
found clear traces before the sins of Israel as between the people and
God. It is not, however, now merely legal distress. Confidence...
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OUT OF THE DEPTHS HAVE I CRIED UNTO THEE, O LORD. Out of deep waters,
out of the depths of the sea; not literally, as Jonah, who really was
there, and from thence cried unto the Lord, Jonah 2:2; but
f...
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Psalms 130:1 «A Song of degrees. » Out of the depths have I cried
unto thee, O LORD.
Ver. 1. _Out of the depths have I cried unto thee_] _i.e._ _Ex portis
ipsis desperationis,_ from the very bosom an...
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_Out of the depths_ Being overwhelmed with deep distresses and
terrors, and ready to despair; _have I cried unto thee_ “Like
another Jonas, entombed in the whale's belly, and surrounded by all
the wav...
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Out of the depths have I cried unto Thee, O Lord, these depths being
those of sin with its resulting distress, calamity, and peril,
represented by an abyss of deep waters, whose waves have passed over...
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PRAYER FOR FORGIVENESS OF SINS.
A song of degrees, known of old as _ De Profundis,_ from its opening
words in the Latin version, a sinner's cry to Jehovah for forgiveness
and mercy....
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1-4 The only way of relief for a sin-entangled soul, is by applying
to God alone. Many things present themselves as diversions, many
things offer themselves as remedies, but the soul finds that the L...
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PSALM 130 THE ARGUMENT This Psalm was composed by the prophet when he
was conflicting with horrors of his conscience for the guilt of his
sins, and imploring God's mercy and pardon. The psalmist being...
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Psalms 130:1 Song H7892 Ascents H4609 depths H4615 cried H7121 (H8804)
LORD H3068
Out of -...
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A SONG OF DEGREES
Literally, "of ascents." Perhaps chanted by the people as they went up
to Jerusalem to the feasts. See, for example (Psalms 112:1); (Psalms
112:2)....
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Psalms 130:1
I. That deep was not merely the deep of affliction. You may see men
with every comfort which wealth and home can give who are tormented
day and night in that deep pit in the midst of all...
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Psalms 130:1
There are deep soul-utterances here: there are the trouble and the
darkness that often precede or accompany the coming to life again of
the soul; there are the cries of pain and anguish...
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Psalms 130
This Psalm gives us what we may call the ascent of the soul from the
depths to the heights.
I. We have the cry from the depths. The depths which the psalmist
means are those into which the...
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Psalms 130:1. _Out of the depths have I cried unto thee, O LORD._
God's people have to go into the depths, and God's people pray in the
depths, and often they pray best in the depths. The rarest pear...
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Psalms 130:1. _Out of the depths have I cried unto thee, O LORD._
«Sinking, sinking, sinking, drowning, dying, hope all but gone,
almost everything gone, yet I have cried unto thee; with much fear,
a...
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Psalms 130:1. _Out of the depths have I cried unto thee, O LORD._
The most eminent of God's saints have been in the depths; wherefore,
then, should I murmur if I have to endure trials? What am I that...
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I will first read the Psalm through, and afterwards say a few words by
way of exposition.
Psalms 130:1. Out of the depths have I cried unto thee, O LORD. Lord,
hear my voice: let thine ears be attent...
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This is one of the _penitential_ psalms, which though it have no
title, appears to have been composed by David when in deep distress.
Psalms 130:6. _More than they that watch for the morning._ The wor...
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_Out of the depths have I cried unto Thee._
A PRAYER FOR DELIVERANCE
The psalm should probably be regarded as antiphonal; it is composed of
several stanzas which were sung responsively by different...
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PSALM PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 130:1. This is an individual lament,
expressing repentance and trust in God’s mercy. The psalm climbs
from “out of the depths” of misery over one’s sin, to confession
of it...
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INTRODUCTION
The Psalm before us, like the other pilgrim-songs, implies
circumstances of bitterness; but it is, as in truth is each of them,
more than a cry occasioned by outward hardship and danger....
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EXPOSITION
THE cry of Israel in extreme distress—apparently a Captivity song.
Israel has sinned and been punished; it now acknowledges its sins, and
prays for mercy and forgiveness. Towards the end (P...
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Out of the depths have I cried unto thee, O LORD. Lord, hear my voice:
let your ears be attentive to the voice of my [prayers or]
supplications. For if you, LORD, should start [making a list] marking...
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Hebrews 5:7; Jonah 2:2; Lamentations 3:53; Psalms 18:16; Psalms 18:4