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Psa. 130:1 KJV (With Strong’s)

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<<A Song of degrees.>> Out of the depthsh have I cried unto thee, O Lord.

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Lam. 3:55• ⁵⁵I called upon thy name, O Lord, out of the low dungeon. (Lam. 3:55)

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Jonah 2:2• ²And said, I cried by reason of mine affliction unto the Lord, and he heard me; out of the belly of hell cried I, and thou heardest my voice. (Jonah 2:2)

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1-4: The psalmist professes his hope in prayer;

5-6: and his patience in hope.

7-8: He exhorts Israel to trust in God.

A.M. cir. 3464.

B.C. cir. 540.

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A Song.

Psa. 121:1• ¹<<A Song of degrees.>> I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills, from whence cometh my help. (Psa. 121:1)

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Psa. 122:1• ¹<<A Song of degrees of David.>> I was glad when they said unto me, Let us go into the house of the Lord. (Psa. 122:1)

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Psa. 123:1• ¹<<A Song of degrees.>> Unto thee lift I up mine eyes, O thou that dwellest in the heavens. (Psa. 123:1)

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Psa. 124:1• ¹<<A Song of degrees of David.>> If it had not been the Lord who was on our side, now may Israel say; (Psa. 124:1)

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Psa. 125:1• ¹<<A Song of degrees.>> They that trust in the Lord shall be as mount Zion, which cannot be removed, but abideth for ever. (Psa. 125:1)

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Psa. 126:1• ¹<<A Song of degrees.>> When the Lord turned again the captivity of Zion, we were like them that dream. (Psa. 126:1)

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Psa. 127:1• ¹<<A Song of degrees for Solomon.>> Except the Lord build the house, they labor in vain that build it: except the Lord keep the city, the watchman waketh but in vain. (Psa. 127:1)

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Psa. 128:1• ¹<<A Song of degrees.>> Blessed is every one that feareth the Lord; that walketh in his ways. (Psa. 128:1)

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Psa. 128• (Psa. 128)

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Psa. 129:1• ¹<<A Song of degrees.>> Many a time have they afflicted me from my youth, may Israel now say: (Psa. 129:1)

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Psa. 129• (Psa. 129)

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Psa. 18:4‑6,16• ⁴The sorrows of death compassed me, and the floods of ungodly men made me afraid.
⁵The sorrows of hell compassed me about: the snares of death prevented me.
⁶In my distress I called upon the Lord, and cried unto my God: he heard my voice out of his temple, and my cry came before him, even into his ears.
¹⁶He sent from above, he took me, he drew me out of many waters. (Psa. 18:4‑6,16)

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Psa. 25:16‑18• ¹⁶Turn thee unto me, and have mercy upon me; for I am desolate and afflicted.
¹⁷The troubles of my heart are enlarged: O bring thou me out of my distresses.
¹⁸Look upon mine affliction and my pain; and forgive all my sins. (Psa. 25:16‑18)

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Psa. 40:2• ²He brought me up also out of an horrible pit, out of the miry clay, and set my feet upon a rock, and established my goings. (Psa. 40:2)

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Psa. 42:7• ⁷Deep calleth unto deep at the noise of thy waterspouts: all thy waves and thy billows are gone over me. (Psa. 42:7)

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Psa. 69:1‑2,14‑15• ¹<<To the chief Musician upon Shoshannim, A Psalm of David.>> Save me, O God; for the waters are come in unto my soul.
²I sink in deep mire, where there is no standing: I am come into deep waters, where the floods overflow me.
¹⁴Deliver me out of the mire, and let me not sink: let me be delivered from them that hate me, and out of the deep waters.
¹⁵Let not the waterflood overflow me, neither let the deep swallow me up, and let not the pit shut her mouth upon me. (Psa. 69:1‑2,14‑15)

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Psa. 71:20• ²⁰Thou, which hast showed me great and sore troubles, shalt quicken me again, and shalt bring me up again from the depths of the earth. (Psa. 71:20)

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Psa. 88:6‑7• ⁶Thou hast laid me in the lowest pit, in darkness, in the deeps.
⁷Thy wrath lieth hard upon me, and thou hast afflicted me with all thy waves. Selah. (Psa. 88:6‑7)

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Psa. 116:3‑4• ³The sorrows of death compassed me, and the pains of hell gat hold upon me: I found trouble and sorrow.
⁴Then called I upon the name of the Lord; O Lord, I beseech thee, deliver my soul. (Psa. 116:3‑4)

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Lam. 3:53‑55• ⁵³They have cut off my life in the dungeon, and cast a stone upon me.
⁵⁴Waters flowed over mine head; then I said, I am cut off.
⁵⁵I called upon thy name, O Lord, out of the low dungeon. (Lam. 3:53‑55)

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Jonah 2:2‑4• ²And said, I cried by reason of mine affliction unto the Lord, and he heard me; out of the belly of hell cried I, and thou heardest my voice.
³For thou hadst cast me into the deep, in the midst of the seas; and the floods compassed me about: all thy billows and thy waves passed over me.
⁴Then I said, I am cast out of thy sight; yet I will look again toward thy holy temple. (Jonah 2:2‑4)

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Heb. 5:7• ⁷Who in the days of his flesh, when he had offered up prayers and supplications with strong crying and tears unto him that was able to save him from death, and was heard in that he feared; (Heb. 5:7)

• The Day of Atonement (Lev. 23:26-32, Isa. 53:1-12) is seen in this psalm as being nationally fulfilled. The twelve tribes together cry to the Lord in full repentance of their sins. In true deep humiliation they learn that there is forgiveness with Jehovah (vs. 1-4). (“Book 5.” by B. Anstey)

• Psalms 129 reviewed the outward afflictions of Israel in the presence of the righteousness of the Lord. Psalms 130 describes the inward distress of soul on account of sins seen in the light of the mercy of the Lord. (“Psalms 130” by H. Smith)

• (vv. 1-2) The first two verses present the cry of anguish from a soul conscious of its guilt, and yet accompanied with faith which turns the soul to the Lord in spite of the conviction of sin. (“Psalms 130” by H. Smith)

• The sorrows have their character to the soul, not in the oppression of the wicked, but in the consciousness of sin with God. The oppression is unrighteous, the pleasure of wickedness; but while, when God restores, we can see this, yet restoration is with God and in looking to His mercy, owning—and yet in spite of what we have deserved—and looking, with a heart which has the sense of its sin, to His deliverance. (“Practical Reflections on the Psalms: Psalms 120-131” by J.N. Darby)

J. N. Darby Translation

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A Song of degrees. Out of the depths do I call upon thee, Jehovah.