RRB notes: Psalm 130
Psalms 130 KJV
A Song of degrees.
1. 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. [1]
[1] Here, the Second Coming of Christ is likened to the sun coming up in the morning (Judg. 5:31; Psa. 19:4-6; Mal. 4:1-3; Matt. 13:43). The verse is a Jew in the Tribulation looking for the real Messiah to appear. But the verse also expresses the proper attitude of a child of God in this age (1 John 3:1-3; 2 Pet. 1:19). The believer is looking for the Lord Himself (Phil. 3:20; Tit. 2:13). That is not necessarily being an expert in Bible prophecy. There are all kinds of things associated with the Second Coming of Christ that are not Christ Himself. You can be waiting for the Antichrist to show up or the revival of the old Roman Empire or the Mark of the Beast instead of obeying Philippians 3:20.
7. Let Israel hope [a] in the LORD: for with the LORD there is mercy, and with him is plenteous redemption.
[a] Tit. 2:13; see note on vs. 6.
8. And he shall redeem Israel from all his iniquities. [2]
[2] Israel will never be “redeemed” before Jesus Christ returns. Once He returns, all their iniquities and sins are gone forever (Rom. 11:26-28). The new covenant (Heb. 8:8) — not yet in effect for Israel — guarantees the conversion of every Jew alive when the Lord comes back (Heb. 8:11-12). The whole nation is redeemed (Isa. 48:17).
