5 I hoped `for' Jehovah -- hoped hath my soul, And for His word I have waited.
`Kaph.' Consumed for Thy salvation hath been my soul, For Thy word I have hoped.
Our soul hath waited for Jehovah, Our help and our shield `is' He,
And I have waited for Jehovah, Who is hiding His face from the house of Jacob, And I have looked for Him.
To the Overseer. -- A Psalm of David. I have diligently expected Jehovah, And He inclineth to me, and heareth my cry,
Only -- for God, be silent, O my soul, For from Him `is' my hope.
To the Overseer, for Jeduthun. -- A Psalm of David. Only -- toward God `is' my soul silent, From Him `is' my salvation.
And lo, there was a man in Jerusalem, whose name `is' Simeon, and this man is righteous and devout, looking for the comforting of Israel, and the Holy Spirit was upon him,
And therefore doth wait Jehovah to favour you, And therefore He is exalted to pity you, For a God of judgment `is' Jehovah, O the blessedness of all waiting for Him.
Those fearing Thee see me and rejoice, Because for Thy word I have hoped.
`Zain.' Remember the word to Thy servant, On which Thou hast caused me to hope.
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Commentary on Psalms 130 Matthew Henry Commentary
Psalm 130
This psalm relates not to any temporal concern, either personal or public, but it is wholly taken up with the affairs of the soul. It is reckoned one of the seven penitential psalms, which have sometimes been made use of by penitents, upon their admission into the church; and, in singing it, we are all concerned to apply it to ourselves. The psalmist here expresses,
And, as in water face answers to face, so does the heart of one humble penitent to another.
A song of degrees.
Psa 130:1-4
In these verses we are taught,
Psa 130:5-8
Here,