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David Guzik commentary on Psalm 130, where the Psalmist called out to God from the depths of a sense of guilt, and found forgiveness in God's great mercy.
Psalm 130 begins with a personal testimony of God’s rescue from the depths of guilt. From there, the author ascends step by step to a place where he can give confidence to others in their trust in God.
21 lut 2024 · Psalm 130 is a powerful expression of the human experience of sin, forgiveness, and hope in the Lord. The author of this psalm cries out to God from the depths of despair, acknowledging the weight of his own transgressions. He recognizes that without the Lord’s mercy, he would be lost.
Psalm 130 is a testament to the resilience of faith, the power of repentance, and the boundless mercy of God. In our darkest moments, we, like the psalmist, can cry out to God from our own "depths" with trust and hope.
30 kwi 2015 · The psalmist’s renewed hope in gospel promises flows into public exhortations for God’s people to hope in Him. I can see the psalmist crying joyfully from the depths of his heart, “With the Lord there is steadfast love!” “With Him is plentiful redemption!”.
'Tis true, the Lord marks all iniquity to know it, but he doth not mark any iniquity in his children to condemn them for it: so the meaning of the Psalm is, that if the Lord should mark sin with a strict and severe eye, as a judge, to charge it upon the person sinning, no man could bear it.
The psalmist, who has expressed his personal hope in Yahweh, now calls Israel to share that hope. He reminds Israel that, with Yahweh, there is (1) loving kindness and (2) redemption. The word hesed means loving, kind, and merciful. One of the chief characteristics of God is that his love is enduring.
