Psalms 130:7
You my fellow Israelis, confidently expect that Yahweh will bless us. He will bless us because he faithfully loves us, and he is very willing to save/rescue us.
Translation for Translators
In The King James Version
Let Israel hope in the LORD: for with the LORD there is mercy, and with him is plenteous redemption.
In Context
8And he will save us Israeli people from being punished for all the sins that we have committed.
Cross References
Psalms 71:5Yahweh, my Lord, you are the one whom I confidently expect to help me; I have trusted in you since I was young.
Psalms 86:15But Lord, you always are mercifully and kind; you do not become angry quickly, you faithfully love us very much and always do for us what you have promised to do.
Psalms 130:4But you forgive us, with the result that we greatly revere you.
Psalms 131:3You my fellow Israelis, confidently expect that Yahweh will do good things for you, now and forever!
Zephaniah 3:12Those who are still alive in Israel will be poor and humble; they will be people who trust in me [MTY].
Romans 5:20God gave [PRS] his laws to Moses [PRS] in order that people might realize how greatly they had sinned; but as people sinned more, God continued to act even more kindly toward them, in a way that they did not deserve.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 130:6-8
Encouragement to Trust in and Depend upon God. 5 I wait for the Lord , my soul doth wait, and in his word do I hope. 6 My soul waiteth for the Lord more than they that watch for the morning: I say, more than they that watch for the morning. 7 Let Israel hope in the Lord : for with the Lord there is mercy, and with him is plenteous redemption. 8 And he shall redeem Israel from all his iniquities. Here, I. The psalmist engages himself to trust in God and to wait for him, v. 5, 6 . Observe, 1. His dependence upon… Read the whole commentary →