Matthew Poole and continuators on Psalms 130

1 OUt of the depths have I cried unto thee, O LORD.

Being overwhelmed with deep distresses and terrors, and ready to despair.

Marginal references: Lam. 3. 5[illegible: 1+ letters]. Jon. 2. 2.

3 If thou, LORD, shouldest mark iniquities : O LORD, who shall stand ?

Observe them accurately, and punish them severely, as they deserve.

In thy presence, or at thy Tribunal. No man can acquit himself or escape the sentence of condemnation, because all men are sinners, Eccles. 7. 20. Iam. 3. 2. To stand is a judicial phrase, and notes a mans being absolved o[illegible: 1+ letters] justified upon an equal tryal, as Psal. 1. 5. Rom. 14. 4. where it is opposed to falling.

Marginal references: Psal. 143. 2.

4 But there is forgiveness with thee : that thou mayest be feared .

Thou art able and ready to forgive repenting sinners.

Not with a slavish, but with a child-like fear and reverence. This grace and mercy of thine is the foundation of all Religion and Worship of thee in the world, without which men would desperately proceed on in their impious courses without any thought of repentance.

5 I wait for the LORD , my soul doth wait, and in his word do I hope.

That he would manifest his favour to me in the pardon of my sins.

Wherein he hath declared his merciful nature, Exod. 34. 6, 7. and his gracious purpose and promises for the pardoning of sinners.

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6 My soul waiteth for the Lord, more than they that wait for the morning : I say, more than they that watch for the morning.

Whether Souldiers that keep the night-watches in an Army or City, or the Priests or Levites who did so in the Temple; who being wearied with hard service and want of convenient rest, diligently look for and fervently desire the morning when they may be discharged. Compare Psal. 119. 148.

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7 Let Israel hope in the LORD: for with the LORD there is mercy, and with him is plenteous redemption

Every true Israelite by the encouragement of mine example.

Abundantly sufficient for all persons who shall accept it upon Gods terms, and for the remission of all sins: and therefore here is good ground of hope for all contrite and returning sinners.

8 And he shall redeem Israel from all his iniquities .

The Lord, either God the Father by his Son, or God the Son by his own blood.

All true Israelites, whether of the carnal or spiritual seed.

From the guilt and punishment of all their sins.