Henry Ainsworth on Psalms 130

PSAL. CXXX.

A Song of degrees.

OVt of the deepes doe I call unto thee Iehovah. Lord, heare my voyce, let thine eares be attentive to the voyce of my supplications for grace. If thou shouldest observe iniquities, O Iah, Lord, who shall stand? But with thee is forgivenesse, that thou maist be feared. I earnestly expect Iehovah, my soule earnestly expecteth, and for his word doe I hopefully wait. My soule for the Lord, more than watchmen for the morning, watchmen for the morning. Let Israel hopefully wait for Iehovah, for with Iehovah there is mercy, and with him is much redemption. And he will redeeme Israel from all his iniquities.

Annotations. DEeps] or low places, that is, great calamities, Psal. 69. 3. 15. with hearty deepe affections, and lowlinesse of minde. Vers. 3. shall stand] or can subsist? meaning, no man can. Vers. 6. watchmen] or, warders, keepers. Which the Chaldee explaineth thus, more than they which observe the morning watch, which they observe that they may offer the morning sacrifice. for] or to the morning. Vers. 8. his] or their iniquities: see the note on Psal. 25. 22.