"Out Of The Depths” Series

Psalm 130 “Out of the depths”

1. The Psalmist's Contrition

The Place of the Cry - The Depth of Prayer - 1 Out of the depths [of severe distress]

The Passion of the Cry - The Design of Prayer - have I cried unto thee,

The Perception of the Cry - The Dynamic of Prayer - O Lord.

The Petition of the Cry - The Desire of Prayer -

That He would be -

Heard - 2 Lord, hear my voice:

Helped - let thine ears be attentive

Hidden - to the voice of my supplications.

2. The Psalmist's Conviction of -

The Goodness of God - 3 If thou, Lord, shouldest mark iniquities,

John 8:10 When Jesus had lifted up himself, and saw none but the woman, he said unto her, Woman, where are those thine accusers? hath no man condemned thee? 11 She said, No man, Lord. And Jesus said unto her, Neither do I condemn thee: go, and sin no more.

The Greatness of God - O Lord, who shall stand?

The wicked shall not stand in judgment.

Psalm 1:5 Therefore the ungodly shall not stand in the judgment,

nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous.

The Grace of God - 4 But there is forgiveness with thee,

The Glory of God - that thou mayest be feared.

and worshiped [with submissive wonder]. AMP

3. The Psalmist's Condition -

His Patience - 5 I wait for the Lord,

It's Personal - I, Paramount - wait, Practical - for, Powerful - the Lord,

His Persistence - my soul doth wait,

His Persuasion - and in his word do I hope.

His Purpose -

It's Focus - 6 My soul waiteth for the Lord

It's Fervour - more than they that watch for the morning:

It's Fidelity - I say, more than they that watch for the morning.

4. The Psalmist's Confession of -

Israel's Hope - 7 Let Israel hope in the Lord:

Israel's Help - for with the Lord there is mercy,

Israel's Healing - and with him is plenteous redemption.

Israel's Holiness - 8 And he shall redeem Israel from all his iniquities.

Hebrews 7:25 Wherefore he is able also to save them to the uttermost that come unto God by him, seeing he ever liveth to make intercession for them.

The Source of Salvation - Wherefore he is able also

The Scope of Salvation - to save them to the uttermost

The Subjects of Salvation - that come unto God by him,

The Sense of Salvation - seeing he ever liveth

The Substance of Salvation - to make intercession for them.

Not by our works for Him, but His Work for us.

Christ for us - Horatius Bonar,

On merit not my own I stand, on doings which I have not done

merit beyond what I can claim, doings more perfect than my own

Upon a life I have not lived, upon a death I did not die

another's life, another's death, I stake my whole eternity

Not on the tears which I have shed; not on the sorrows I have known,

another's tears, another's griefs, on them I rest, on them alone

Jesus, O Son of God, I build, on what your cross has done for me;

there both my death and life I read, my guilt, my pardon there I see

Lord, I believe; oh deal with me, as one who has your word believed;

I take the gift, Lord look on me, as one who has your gift received

I taste the love the gift contains, I clasp the pardon which it brings

and pass up to the living source above, whence all this fullness springs

Here at your feast I grasp the pledge, which life eternal to me seals,

here in the bread and wine I read, the grace and peace your death reveals

O fullness of the eternal grace, O wonders past all wondering!

Here in the hall of love and song, we sing the praises of our King