Bible Commentary

Let Israel hope in the LORD: for with the LORD [there is] mercy, and with him [is] plenteous redemption. 7. Hope, Israel, in Jehovah, For with Jehovah Is lovingklndness. The Psalmist exhorts the people, or if the preceding verses are taken as the words of the congregation, Israel exhorts itself, to wait in hope. Cp. … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Psalms 130:7”

My soul [waiteth] for the Lord more than they that watch for the morning: [I say, more than] they that watch for the morning. 6. My soul (looketh) for the Lord, More than watchmen (look) for the morning, (Yea, more than) watchmen for the morning (R.V.). More anxiously than the watchman longs for the dawn … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Psalms 130:6”

I wait for the LORD, my soul doth wait, and in his word do I hope. 5. I wait my soul doth wait do I hope ] The perfect tense of the original denotes what long has been, as well as what still is, the attitude of the Psalmist’s mind. in his word ] Of … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Psalms 130:5”

But [there is] forgiveness with thee, that thou mayest be feared. 4. But there is forgiveness with thee ] The Heb. conjunction, which literally means for (so P.B.V.), gives the reason for the truth implied in the preceding verse: ‘Thou dost not remember iniquities, for with thee is forgiveness’; and so it may be rendered … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Psalms 130:4”

If thou, LORD, shouldest mark iniquities, O Lord, who shall stand? 3. If thou, Jah, shouldest mark iniquities ] Shouldest observe them and keep them in remembrance, instead of blotting them out of Thy record. Cp. Psa 79:8. The same word is used of God’s ‘observing’ the sinner (Job 10:14; cp. Job 14:16-17), and of … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Psalms 130:3”

Lord, hear my voice: let thine ears be attentive to the voice of my supplications. 2. let thine ears be attentive ] Cp. 2Ch 6:40; 2Ch 7:15; Neh 1:7; Neh 1:11. Penitent Israel can plead for the audience which sin made impossible (Isa 59:1-2). the voice &c.] Cp. Psa 28:2. Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Psalms 130:2”

A Song of degrees. Out of the depths have I cried unto thee, O LORD. 1. Out of the depths ] Deep waters are a common figure for distress and danger. Cp. Psa 69:1-2; Psa 69:14. It is not merely personal suffering that is meant, but national suffering, the burden of which the Psalmist feels … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Psalms 130:1”

Neither do they which go by say, The blessing of the LORD [be] upon you: we bless you in the name of the LORD. 8. The blessing of Jehovah be upon you is the friendly greeting of the passers-by to the reapers at their work: we bless you in the name of Jehovah may be … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Psalms 129:8”

Wherewith the mower filleth not his hand; nor he that bindeth sheaves his bosom. 7. mower ] Reaper (R.V.). The ‘grass’ includes corn springing from grains accidentally dropped on the roof. bosom ] The ‘lap’ or loose fold of the garment, which could be used for collecting the ears of corn. Cp. Neh 5:13. Children … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Psalms 129:7”

Let them be as the grass [upon] the housetops, which withereth before it groweth up: 6. as the grass upon the housetops ] Cp. Isa 37:27. Grass or corn springs up quickly on the flat roofs of oriental houses, but having no depth of soil (Mat 13:5 f.) it withers prematurely away, and yields no … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Psalms 129:6”