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Psalm 130

Psa. 130:1 KJV (With Strong’s)

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<<A Song
shiyr (Hebrew #7892)
from 7891; a song; abstractly, singing
KJV usage: musical(-ick), X sing(-er, -ing), song.
Pronounce: sheer
Origin: or feminine shiyrah {shee-raw'}
of degrees
ma`alah (Hebrew #4609)
elevation, i.e. the act (literally, a journey to a higher place, figuratively, a thought arising), or (concretely) the condition (literally, a step or grade-mark, figuratively, a superiority of station); specifically a climactic progression (in certain Psalms)
KJV usage: things that come up, (high) degree, deal, go up, stair, step, story.
Pronounce: mah-al-aw'
Origin: feminine of 4608
.>> Out of the depths
ma`amaq (Hebrew #4615)
a deep
KJV usage: deep, depth.
Pronounce: mah-am-awk'
Origin: from 6009
h have I cried
qara' (Hebrew #7121)
to call out to (i.e. properly, address by name, but used in a wide variety of applications)
KJV usage: bewray (self), that are bidden, call (for, forth, self, upon), cry (unto), (be) famous, guest, invite, mention, (give) name, preach, (make) proclaim(- ation), pronounce, publish, read, renowned, say.
Pronounce: kaw-raw'
Origin: a primitive root (rather identical with 7122 through the idea of accosting a person met)
unto thee, O Lord
Yhovah (Hebrew #3068)
(the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
KJV usage: Jehovah, the Lord. Compare 3050, 3069.
Pronounce: yeh-ho-vaw'
Origin: from 1961
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Ministry on This Verse

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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.
(Title.)
A Song.
Out of.
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 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)
 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 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)

J. N. Darby Translation

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