Day 808: Psalm 130- Plenteous Redemption

Out of the depths I cry to you, O Lord!
2     O Lord, hear my voice!
Let your ears be attentive
    to the voice of my pleas for mercy!
3 If you, O Lord, should mark iniquities,
    O Lord, who could stand?
4 But with you there is forgiveness,
    that you may be feared.
5 I wait for the Lord, my soul waits,
    and in his word I hope;
6 my soul waits for the Lord
    more than watchmen for the morning,
    more than watchmen for the morning.
7 O Israel, hope in the Lord!
    For with the Lord there is steadfast love,
    and with him is plentiful redemption.
8 And he will redeem Israel
    from all his iniquities.
 
Meditation
The fact of forgiveness is free for everyone who has faith in Christ’s finished work. God promises believers “are justified by His grace as a gift, through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus, whom God put forward as a propitiation by his blood, to be received by faith.” (Romans 3:24-25). Grace invites you to freshly receive forgiveness.
 
Today’s Psalm was sung by pilgrims on a journey toward Jerusalem to prepare their hearts for sacrifice, worship, ceremony, and festival. The fact of forgiveness is foundational for pilgrims to rightly worship the Lord.
 
Out of the depths of sin (1) the pilgrim’s heart is shaped by God’s delight to forgive. With the Lord there is forgiveness of sin (3-4)! Therefore, hope is in Him (7). With the Lord there is plentiful redemption, more than enough to go around (7-8), because His steadfast love abounds (7).
 
Pilgrims wait for the Lord, hoping in Him and in His word (5-7). Pilgrims wait as watchmen wait for the morning.
 
The dawn of God’s grace hits the horizon when the light of the world, Jesus Christ, became flesh. Our confession had a solid foundation through the work of Christ, knowing that in Him there is no condemnation (Romans 8:1). God is faithful and just to forgive our sins (1 John 1:9), lifting us out of the depths to stand on the solid ground of His grace.
 
Richly Dwelling
-Which emphasis on forgiveness from the Psalm stands out to you the most? Why?
 
-Why is the fact of forgiveness foundational to worship? Do you feel forgiven? Do you need to wait to embrace this fact from your heart?
 
-Take a moment to move from the depth of your sin to God’s delight to forgive. There is plenteous redemption in Him!
 
Key verses
7 O Israel, hope in the Lord! For with the Lord there is steadfast love, and with him is plentiful redemption.