Psalm 130
Psalm 130 has a deep and rich heritage within the spiritual life of people of faith. Martin Luther called this psalm “a proper master and doctor of Scripture” meaning that this psalm teaches the basic truths of the Gospel. Indeed, this soulful psalm is a succinct yet powerful expression of the theme that is at the very heart of Scripture, the human predicament and our utter dependence upon divine grace.
Out of the depths I cry to you, O Lord! O Lord hear my voice! To find ourselves crying out to God from the depths is to find ourselves in the place where death prevails and where we stare face to face at all of our iniquities and realize we are lost. We cry out to God and we ask for mercy and for forgiveness and we wait…we wait for God’s attention and for God’s mercy. This psalm was found inscribed on the walls of Dachau where the depths of death were all around but where the waiting saw no response.
The psalmist reminds us that forgiveness is with the Lord who is to be feared and our hope is in His Word. We wait for the attention of the Lord for we are assured that there is where our hope resides and there is where steadfast love is found. It is only in the Lord where we find our forgiveness and our redemption in our Savior Jesus Christ who has indeed redeemed us from all of our iniquities. “Where O death is your victory? Where O death is your sting?”
Prayer: O Lord hear our voice and be attentive to our plea. If you should mark our iniquities O Lord who could stand? Forgive us Lord and bring us into the embrace of your steadfast love.
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