Psalm 130The Message (MSG)
A Pilgrim Song
130 1-2 Help, God—the bottom has fallen out of my life!
Master, hear my cry for help!
Listen hard! Open your ears!
Listen to my cries for mercy.
Master, hear my cry for help!
Listen hard! Open your ears!
Listen to my cries for mercy.
3-4 If you, God, kept records on wrongdoings,
who would stand a chance?
As it turns out, forgiveness is your habit,
and that’s why you’re worshiped.
who would stand a chance?
As it turns out, forgiveness is your habit,
and that’s why you’re worshiped.
5-6 I pray to God—my life a prayer—
and wait for what he’ll say and do.
My life’s on the line before God, my Lord,
waiting and watching till morning,
waiting and watching till morning.
and wait for what he’ll say and do.
My life’s on the line before God, my Lord,
waiting and watching till morning,
waiting and watching till morning.
7-8 O Israel, wait and watch for God—
with God’s arrival comes love,
with God’s arrival comes generous redemption.
No doubt about it—he’ll redeem Israel,
buy back Israel from captivity to sin.
with God’s arrival comes love,
with God’s arrival comes generous redemption.
No doubt about it—he’ll redeem Israel,
buy back Israel from captivity to sin.
The Message (MSG)
Forgiveness
Wonder
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"Out of the depths I cry unto you..." Psalm 130:1 KJV
This is the cry of the psalmist and it echoes the cry of our my own heart
God does not ask me to pray politely or even properly
He welcomes the deep cry of my heart
He does not tell me to try to be strong
to keep my emotions at bay
He welcomes me
He invites me to come
and be known and loved
when I am at my lowest and worst
and be known and loved
when I am at my lowest and worst
"God is near to all who call upon him
to all who call upon him in truth" Psalm 145:18 NIV
Truth
Truth
God is true
to come to him
I must come in truth
I do not need to try to cover up or hide what is not hidden to Him
He already knows the truth
about me
the depth of my need
what I do wrong
what I think and feel that is not loving or kind or positive
this is all painfully clear to him
when I am willing to be honest about these things as well
He is there
Forgiveness
If you, God, kept records on wrongdoings,
who would stand a chance?
As it turns out, forgiveness is your habit,
and that’s why you’re worshiped. Psalm 130:3-4
who would stand a chance?
As it turns out, forgiveness is your habit,
and that’s why you’re worshiped. Psalm 130:3-4
God is both ruthlessly honest
and kind, understanding and merciful and forgiving
He is not like anyone else I know
I do not need to pretend I am anything other than who I truly am
Knowing the depth of my great need
He sent His only and greatly beloved Son, Jesus Christ
to make a way for me to know and be known by him
to have a relationship with Him that is not based on anything I am or could do
A relationship based entirely upon who He is and what he has already done
That’s what Christ did definitively: suffered because of others’ sins, the Righteous One for the unrighteous ones. He went through it all—was put to death and then made alive—to bring us to God. I Peter 3:18 The Message
18 Christ himself died for you. And that one death paid for your sins. He was not guilty, but he died for those who are guilty. He did this to bring you all to God. His body was killed, but he was made alive in the spirit. I Peter 3:18 ICB
Wonder
If I am being honest with myself and God
and I am willing to hear and absorb the truth He presents to me
through His words in the Bible
and I am willing to hear and absorb the truth He presents to me
through His words in the Bible
I will come to worship
because He is amazing and wonderful
completely beyond all I can imagine and even comprehend
Whatever my circumstances or state
He wants to be known
He wants to be near to me
He wants to bring me near to Him
Deep calls to Deep
Deep calls to Deep
This psalm is evidence that I can begin to express and articulate my pain
my anger
my sadness
my bitterness and discontent
whatever is in the depths
may be cried out
to Him
In any circumstance or state
I can come to Him
and commune with Him in the depths of my being
Deep calls unto deep
When the pain is prolonged
is intricate and tangled and complex
and has no clear or immediate trajectory of change
I can come again and again to Him to pour out my soul
to articulate and put into words all that I am feeling and thinking
Talking to Him
Talking to Him
Talk to God in the pain
the bewilderment
the loss
the grief
the disappointment
the anger
the sadness
This psalm is given to show us how to pray
God is near to the crushed
and the broken
We can cry out to God from the depths of our being
in the depths of our pain
When my heart is overwhelmed
lead me to the rock that is higher than I Psalm 61:2 KJV
Psalm 61:2Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)
2 I call to You from the ends of the earth
when my heart is without strength.
Lead me to a rock that is high above me,
when my heart is without strength.
Lead me to a rock that is high above me,
He is that rock
that alone is secure and unchanging
all else is transitory and fleeting
Trust
Trust
I pray to God—my life a prayer—
and wait for what he’ll say and do.
My life’s on the line before God, my Lord,
waiting and watching till morning,
waiting and watching till morning. Psalm 130:5-6
and wait for what he’ll say and do.
My life’s on the line before God, my Lord,
waiting and watching till morning,
waiting and watching till morning. Psalm 130:5-6
It is a very painful to truth to realize
that I am completely powerless
to effect deep lasting change
and transformation
in myself or any one else
my life a prayer
what else is there but to keep baring my soul to God
to keep talking with Him
to be in relationship with Him
to trust Him to work his amazing work
in ways I cannot now see or understand now
but I can know Him
in the midst
not watching what is distressing me
but watching for Him
waiting for Him to do what I cannot
What He is doing is inviting me into a relationship with Him
right here and now
where I am today
Weeping may endure for a night
but joy comes in the morning. Psalm 30:5 KJV
those who trust in Him are not put to shame in the end
Hope
with your arrival comes love into the depths of my being
and through me into this situation
this relationship
changing me from the inside out
Praise you O Lord!
that I am completely powerless
to effect deep lasting change
and transformation
in myself or any one else
my life a prayer
what else is there but to keep baring my soul to God
to keep talking with Him
to be in relationship with Him
to trust Him to work his amazing work
in ways I cannot now see or understand now
but I can know Him
in the midst
not watching what is distressing me
but watching for Him
waiting for Him to do what I cannot
What He is doing is inviting me into a relationship with Him
right here and now
where I am today
Weeping may endure for a night
but joy comes in the morning. Psalm 30:5 KJV
5 His anger lasts only a moment.
But his kindness lasts for a lifetime.
Crying may last for a night.
But joy comes in the morning.
But his kindness lasts for a lifetime.
Crying may last for a night.
But joy comes in the morning.
Psalm 30:5 ICB
Hope
O Israel, wait and watch for God—
with God’s arrival comes love,
with God’s arrival comes generous redemption.
No doubt about it—he’ll redeem Israel,
buy back Israel from captivity to sin. Psalm 130: 7-8
Yes, Lord,
help me to watch for you
you want to redeem and recover
you want to free me from all that I cannot free myself
you want to give me Yourself
with your arrival comes love into the depths of my being
and through me into this situation
this relationship
changing me from the inside out
Praise you O Lord!
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