John Trapp on Psalms 130:1

PSAL. CXXX.

VErſ. 1 Out of the depths have I cryed unto thee] i. e. Ex portis ipſis deſperationis, from the very boſom and bottom of deſpair, cauſed through deepeſt ſenſe of ſin and fear of wrath. One deep calleth to another, the depth of miſery to the depth of mercy. Baſill and Beza interpret it, Ex intimis cordis penetralibus, from the bottom of my heart, with all earneſtneſs and humility. Hee that is in the low pits and caves of the earth, ſeeth the ſtars in the firmament; ſo hee who is moſt low and lowly, ſeeth moſt of God, and is in beſt caſe to call upon him. As ſpices ſmell beſt, when beaten: and as frankincenſe maximè fragrat cum flagrat, is moſt odoriferous, when caſt into the fire: ſo do Gods afflicted pray beſt, when at the greateſt under, Iſa. 19.22. & 26.16. & 27.6. Luther when hee was buffeted by the Devill at Coburgh, and in great affliction,Joh. Man[illegible: 1 letter]. loc. com. 43. ſaid to thoſe about him, Venite, in contemptum diaboli Pſalmum, de profundis, quatuor vocibus cantemus, come let us ſing that Pſalm, Out of the depths, &c. in deriſion of the Devill. And ſurely this Pſalm is a treaſury of great comfort to all in diſtreſs (reckoned therefore of old amongſt the ſeven Penitenti[illegible: 2 letters]) and is therefore ſacrilegiouſly by the Papiſts taken away from the living, and applyed only to the dead; for no other reaſon, I think, ſaith Beza, but becauſe it beginneth with Out of the Depths have I cryed; a poor ground for Purgatory, or for praying for the ſouls that are there, as Bellarmine makes it.