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John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
INTRODUCTION TO Psalms 130 A Song of degrees. This psalm is by some thought to have been written by David either when persecuted by Saul, and in great distress, and fearful he should perish by him; or else when in great distress of mind because of sin, after the affair of Bathsheba; and it is reckoned therefore among the penitential psalms. Though...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
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 figuratively; meaning that he had been in the depths of sin, or brought into a low estate by it, as all men are: they are brought into debt by it, and...
Matthew Henry - Complete Commentary - Matthew Henry
This psalm relates not to any temporal concern, either personal or public, but it is wholly taken up with the affairs of the soul. It is reckoned one of the seven penitential psalms, which have sometimes been made use of by penitents, upon their admission into the church; and, in singing it, we are all concerned to apply it to ourselves. The...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
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, and little hope, ‘Out of the depths have I cried unto thee, O Lord.’”
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
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 I should be exempt from warfare? How can I expect to win the crown without first carrying the cross? David saw the depths, and so must you and I. But David learned...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
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 pearls lie deepest in the sea; and the most precious prayers come out of the depths of affliction: “Out of the depths have I cried unto thee, O Lord.” Cannot many of you...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
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 supplications. If thou Lord, shouldest mark iniquities, O Lord, who shall stand? But there is forgiveness with thee, that thou mayest be feared. I wait for the LORD, my soul doth wait, and in his word do I hope. My soul waiteth for...
Spurgeon - Treasury of David - Charles H. Spurgeon
Ver. 1. Out of the depths have I cried unto thee, O LORD. This is the Psalmist's statement and plea: he had never ceased to pray even when brought into the lowest state. The depths usually silence all they engulf, but they could not close the mouth of this servant of the Lord; on the contrary, it was in the abyss itself that he cried unto Jehovah....
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
Lord, hear my voice,.... His prayer, which was vocal: God is a God hearing prayer; sometimes his people think he does not hear them; but he always does, and in his own time answers; for to hear prayer with him is to answer it; which he does likewise in his own way as well as time; and not always in the way and at the time his people would have...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Lord, hear my voice: let thine ears be attentive to the voice of my supplications. If thou, LORD, shouldest mark iniquities, O Lord, who shall stand? Judged by ourselves, on the ground of absolute justice, none of us can hope to stand before his judgment seat without being condemned. I trust that we all know and feel that this is true.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Lord, hear my voice: let thine ears be attentive to the voice of my supplications. Now a main part of prayer must be occupied by confession, and the Psalmist proceeds therefore: —
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Lord, Or, “ Adonai,” Sovereign Lord,- Psa_130:2. Hear my voice: let thine ears be attentive to the voice of my supplications. “Do hear me, Lord!” What is the use of prayer if God does not hear it? It is said to be a profitable spiritual exercise. So it is, because we believe that God hears it; but apart from that, it would be an idle waste of...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
If thou, Lord, shouldest mark iniquities,.... Or "observe" (f) them. Not but that God does observe the sins of men: he sees all the evil actions of bad men done in the dark, which cannot hide them from him; and all the iniquities of good men, so as to correct and chastise for them, but not with his eye of vindictive justice. Or "keep" (g) them;...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
If thou, LORD, shouldest mark iniquities, O Lord, who shall stand? That is to say, apart from Christ, if God exercises his justice to its utmost severity, the best of men must fall, for the best of man, being men at the best, are sinners even at their best estate.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
If thou, LORD, shouldest mark iniquities, O Lord, who shall stand? Not one of us, surely. If God were now to deal with us according to our sins, who among us could stand in his presence?
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
But [there is] forgiveness with thee,.... And with God only; not with angels, nor any of the sons of men; and which flows from his grace and mercy, through the blood of his Son. It appears to be with him by his promise of it in covenant; by appointing his Son to shed his blood for it, and exalting him as a Saviour to give it; by proclaiming it in...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
But there is forgiveness with thee, that thou mayest be feared. I wait for the LORD, my soul doth wait, and in his word do I hope. Never yet has, any poor soul perished that could use such language as this. It may be a long while before you get the full comfort of all the Lord’s promises; but you are sure to have it sooner or later, if you can but...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
But there is forgiveness with thee, that thou mayest be feared. If there were no mercy, there would be no love in any human heart, and there would be an end to religion if there were an end to forgiveness. Here let us observe that the best of men dare not stand before an absolute God, that the holiest of God’s saints need to be accepted on the...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
But there is forgiveness with thee, that thou mayest be feared. I wait for the LORD, my soul doth wait, and in his word do I hope. See, this is all in the first person. Dear friend, can you use it in the first person? Can you say, “I wait for Jehovah”? Blessed are they that are content to wait his will, but yet with holy eagerness are prepared to...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
I wait for the Lord,.... For his gracious presence and the light of his countenance, being in darkness, as well as in the deep; for his salvation and deliverance out of the depths of distress; for an answer of prayer, having cried unto him for application of pardoning grace he had some view and hopes of; and for the performance of promises the...