Out of the Depths: Forgiveness, Reverent Fear, and Hope in the LORD. Psalm 130 is a cry from the depths,
Behold, I stand at the door, and knock if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me.
Jesus Christ.
John 1:17
Sandor Viczian
Out of the Depths: Forgiveness, Reverent Fear, and Hope in the LORD.
Psalm 130 is a cry from the depths, where the psalmist calls on the LORD for mercy because sin and guilt are real and cannot be ignored. It confesses that if God marked iniquities, no one could stand, yet it clings to the truth that forgiveness is with the LORD so that He may be feared with reverent awe. The psalm then shifts from desperation to watchful hope: the speaker waits for the LORD more than watchmen wait for the morning, trusting God’s word above feelings. Finally, it calls Israel to hope in the LORD because His mercy is abundant and His redemption reaches to “all” iniquities. The chapter’s aim is to lead sinners from despair into humble repentance and steady confidence in God’s forgiving covenant love.
Psalms 130:1 – 130:8
1 A Song of degrees. Out of the depths have I cried unto thee, O Lord.
2 Lord, hear my voice: let thine ears be attentive to the voice of my supplications.
3 If thou, Lord, shouldest mark iniquities, O Lord, who shall stand?
4 But [there is] forgiveness with thee, that thou mayest be feared.
5 I wait for the Lord, my soul doth wait, and in his word do I hope.
6 My soul [waiteth] for the Lord more than they that watch for the morning: [I say], [more than] they that watch for the morning.
7 Let Israel hope in the Lord: for with the Lord [there is] mercy, and with him [is] plenteous redemption.
8 And he shall redeem Israel from all his iniquities.
STATEMENT OF FAITH
We Believe…
In one God, eternally existent in three persons – Father, Son, and Holy Spirit;
In the absolute deity and full humanity of our Lord Jesus Christ, God the Son, His virgin birth, His sinless life, His miracles, His substitutionary and atoning death for all through His shed blood, His bodily resurrection, His ascension to the right hand of the Father, and His personal return in power and glory to judge the living and the dead;
In the present ministry of the Holy Spirit, by whose indwelling the Christian is empowered to live a holy life, to witness and work for the Lord Jesus Christ;
In the divine inspiration of all 66 books of the Old and New Testaments as originally given, guaranteeing their infallibility, entire trustworthiness, and supreme authority in all matters of faith and conduct;
That all people are sinners and cannot save themselves. Salvation is received as a free gift of God’s grace, apart from works, through repentance and personal faith in the redemptive work of Christ and the regenerating power of the Holy Spirit;
In the bodily resurrection of both the saved and the lost, the eternal blessedness of the saved, and the eternal punishment of the lost;
In the spiritual unity of believers in our Lord Jesus Christ who are thus members of His Body, the Church, whose work is the worship of God, perfecting the saints, and evangelization of the world.
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