Psalm 130
Out of the depths I cry to You, O LORD!
O Lord, hear my voice! Let Your ears be attentive to the voice of my pleas for mercy!
If You, O LORD, should mark iniquities, O Lord, who could stand?
But with You there is forgiveness, that You may be feared.
I wait for the LORD, my soul waits, and in His word I hope;
my soul waits for the Lord more than watchmen for the morning,
more than watchmen for the morning.
O Israel, hope in the LORD!
For with the LORD there is steadfast love, and with Him is plentiful redemption.
And He will redeem Israel from all his iniquities. (ESV)
1. A Cry from the Depths (vv. 1–2)
1.1 The “Depths” Are Moral and Spiritual
1.2 The Cry is a Plea for Mercy
1.3 God Welcomes Cries from the Depths
2. A Confession of the Depravity of Sin (vv. 3–4)
2.1 Universal Guilt
2.2 The God Who Forgives
2.3 Forgiveness Produces Worship, not Presumption
3. A Waiting Hope and a Corporate Redemption (vv. 5–6)
3.1 Biblical Waiting is Active Faith
3.2 The Basis of Hope is God’s Word
3.3 The Watchman Analogy
4. A Corporate Redemption: Completeness in the Delivery of the Saviour (vv. 7–8)
4.1 Private Grace Becomes Public Proclamation
4.2 “Steadfast Love” and “Plentiful Redemption”
4.3 The Promise of Complete Forgiveness
Conclusion:
The advent pattern of Psalm 130