Psalms 130 - Introduction

A.M. 2946. B.C. 1058.

This Psalm, which relates not to any temporal concern, either personal or public, but wholly to matters of a spiritual nature, is reckoned one of the seven penitential Psalms, which have sometimes been made use of by penitents on their admission into the church. It consists of two parts: in the first of which the author prays God to forgive his sins, and to remit the consequences of them, in strong expectation that, pursuant to his word, he would grant his petitions, Psalms 130:1. In the second, having obtained his request, he encourages all his brethren to trust in God for redeeming them from their sins, and the punishment of them, Psalms 130:7; Psalms 130:8.