5 I am waiting for the Lord, my soul is waiting for him, and my hope is in his word.
<CAPH> My soul is wasted with desire for your salvation: but I have hope in your word.
Our souls are waiting for the Lord; he is our help and our salvation.
And I will be waiting for the Lord, whose face is veiled from the house of Jacob, and I will be looking for him.
<To the chief music-maker. Of David. A Psalm.> When I was waiting quietly for the Lord, his heart was turned to me, and he gave ear to my cry.
My soul, put all your faith in God; for from him comes my hope.
<To the chief music-maker. After Jeduthun. A Psalm. Of David.> My soul, put all your faith in God; for from him comes my salvation.
And there was then in Jerusalem a man whose name was Simeon; and he was an upright man, fearing God and waiting for the comfort of Israel: and the Holy Spirit was on him.
For this cause the Lord will be waiting, so that he may be kind to you; and he will be lifted up, so that he may have mercy on you; for the Lord is a God of righteousness: there is a blessing on all whose hope is in him.
Your worshippers will see me and be glad; because my hope has been in your word.
<ZAIN> Keep in mind your word to your servant, for on it has my hope been fixed.
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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,