Psalm 130
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Transcript
Out of the depths I cry to you, O Lord;
O Lord, hear my voice.
Let your ears be attentive
to my cry for mercy.
If you, O Lord, kept a record of sins,
O Lord, who could stand?
But with you there is forgiveness;
therefore you are feared.
I wait for the Lord, my soul waits,
and in his word I put my hope.
My soul waits for the Lord
more than watchmen wait for the morning,
more than watchmen wait for the morning.
O Israel, put your hope in the Lord,
for with the Lord is unfailing love
and with him is full redemption.
He himself will redeem Israel
from all their sins.
Out of the depths: What a way to start a prayer, because there is no way but up right?
Depths ma’amaqqin : it is a figurative expression for a guilty feeling that imprisons one’s soul.
It is used often to refer to the “depths of the sea.” The sea was seen as a place of chaos and danger.
Was it not you who dried up the sea,
the waters of the great deep,
who made a road in the depths of the sea
so that the redeemed might cross over?
Some translations call it the “depths of despair” indicating a time of great distress.
He lifted me out of the slimy pit,
out of the mud and mire;
he set my feet on a rock
and gave me a firm place to stand.
I am worn out calling for help;
my throat is parched.
My eyes fail,
looking for my God.
Verses 5-6 share the idea to “wait for the Lord”
Wait for the Lord;
be strong and take heart
and wait for the Lord.
The WORD of the Lord: WORD is from davar and it indicates a statement that is based on a promise.
Verses 7-8
REDEEM padah is a sense of ransoming or release from imprisonment.
