Israel, hope in Yahweh, for there is loving kindness with Yahweh. Abundant redemption is with him.
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Israel, hope in Yahweh, for there is loving kindness with Yahweh. Abundant redemption is with him.
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Let Israel hope in the LORD: for with the LORD there is mercy, and with him is plenteous redemption.
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O Israel, hope in the LORD; for with the LORD there is mercy, and with Him is plenteous redemption.
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- Ephesians 1:7-8 in whom we have our redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of his grace, which he made to abound toward us in all wisdom and prudence,
- Psalms 40:3 He has put a new song in my mouth, even praise to our God. Many shall see it, and fear, and shall trust in Yahweh.
- Revelation 5:9 They sang a new song, saying, “You are worthy to take the book and to open its seals: for you were killed, and bought us for God with your blood out of every tribe, language, people, and nation,
- Psalms 86:15 But you, Lord, are a merciful and gracious God, slow to anger, and abundant in loving kindness and truth.
- Psalms 86:5 For you, Lord, are good, and ready to forgive, abundant in loving kindness to all those who call on you.
- 1 John 2:1-2 My little children, I write these things to you so that you may not sin. If anyone sins, we have a Counselor with the Father, Jesus Christ, the righteous. And he is the atoning sacrifice for our sins, and not for ours only, but also for the whole world.
- Psalms 131:3 Israel, hope in Yahweh, from this time forward and forever more.
- Romans 8:24 For we were saved in hope, but hope that is seen is not hope. For who hopes for that which he sees?
- Psalms 71:5 For you are my hope, Lord Yahweh, my confidence from my youth.
- Isaiah 55:7 Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts. Let him return to Yahweh, and he will have mercy on him, to our God, for he will freely pardon.
- Romans 5:20-21 The law came in that the trespass might abound; but where sin abounded, grace abounded more exceedingly; that as sin reigned in death, even so grace might reign through righteousness to eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
- Psalms 130:4 But there is forgiveness with you, therefore you are feared.
- Psalms 131:1 Yahweh, my heart isn’t arrogant, nor my eyes lofty; nor do I concern myself with great matters, or things too wonderful for me.
- Zephaniah 3:12 But I will leave among you an afflicted and poor people, and they will take refuge in Yahweh’s name.
- 1 Timothy 2:5-6 For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus, who gave himself as a ransom for all, the testimony in its own times,
- Hebrews 10:35 Therefore don’t throw away your boldness, which has a great reward.
- Psalms 115:9-13 Israel, trust in Yahweh! He is their help and their shield. House of Aaron, trust in Yahweh! He is their help and their shield. You who fear Yahweh, trust in Yahweh! He is their help and their shield. Yahweh remembers us. He will bless us. He will bless the house of Israel. He will bless the house of Aaron. He will bless those who fear Yahweh, both small and great.
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John Calvin 1540 · Public Domain 7. But let Israel hope in Jehovah. After having…
7. But let Israel hope in Jehovah. After having spoken of himself, and exhibited in his own person an example for all to follow, he now applies the doctrine to the whole body of the Church. It is to be noticed that the foundation upon which he would have the hope of all the godly to rest is the mercy of God, the source from which redemption springs. In the first clause he reminds them that although they bring with them no worth or merits of their own, it ought to suffice them that God is merciful. This mutual relation between the faith of the Church and the free goodness of God is to be attentively marked, to the end we may know that all those who, depending upon their own merits, persuade themselves that God will be their rewarder, have not their hope regulated according to the rule of Scripture. From this mercy, as from a fountain, the Prophet derives redemption; for there is no other cause which moves God to manifest himself as the redeemer of his people but his mercy. He describes this redemption as plenteous, that the faithful, even when reduced to the last extremity, may sustain themselves from the consideration that there are in the hand of God many and incredible means by which to save them. This Psalm may have been composed at a time when the Church was in so very afflicted a condition as might have discouraged one and all, had not the infinite greatness of the power of God served as a buckler to defend them. The true use of the present doctrine is, first, that the faithful, even when plunged in the deepest gulfs, should not doubt of their deliverance being in the hand of God, who, whenever necessity shall require, will be able to find means, which are now hidden and unknown to us; and, secondly, that they should hold it as certain, that as often as the Church shall be afflicted he will manifest himself to be her deliverer. To this truth the sentence immediately following refers.
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Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain He showeth to whom the mercy of God doth…
He showeth to whom the mercy of God doth appertain: to Israel, that is, to the Church and not to the reprobate.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain Psa 130:7 Let Israel hope in the LORD: for…
Psa 130:7 Let Israel hope in the LORD: for with the LORD [there is] mercy, and with him [is] plenteous redemption.
Ver. 7. Let Israel hope in the Lord] Hope and yet fear, as Psa 130:4 (with a filial fear); fear, and yet hope.
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Plenteous redemption] Are our sins great? with God there is mercy, matchless mercy. Are our sins many? with God is plenteous redemption, multa redemptio; he will multiply pardons as we multiply sins, Isa 55:7.
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Let Israel; every true Israelite, by the encouragement of mine example.
Plenteous redemption; abundantly sufficient for all persons who shall accept it upon God’s terms, and for the remission of all sins; and therefore here is good ground of hope for all contrite and returning sinners.
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And he shall redeem Israel from all his iniquities. The Lord shall do it; in whom Israel is encouraged to hope; with whom grace and redemption were; or who was appointed to be the Redeemer. Redemption was then future, when these words were said, but certain, by the promise of God and agreement of Christ; and would be of the whole Israel, or elect of God; and that from "all" their iniquities, original and actual; sins, secret and open, of heart, lip, and life: and which is no small encouragement for Israel to hope in the Lord, for the sake of which this is added; as well as for the further illustration of the nature of redemption by Christ; which is complete, and now obtained, and is an eternal one.
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Israel - Every true Israelite. Plenteous - Abundantly sufficient for all persons who accept it upon God's terms.
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Verse 7. Let Israel hope in the Lord] This, to hope for salvation, is their duty and their interest. But what reason is there for this hope? A twofold reason:-
1. With the Lord there is mercy] החסד hachesed, THAT mercy, the fund, the essence of mercy.
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2. And with him is plenteous redemption.] והרבה עמו פדות veharabbah immo peduth; and that abundant redemption, that to which there is none like, the Fountain of redemption, the Lamb of God which taketh away the sin of the world. The article ה, both in הרבה harabbah and החסד hachesed, is very emphatic.
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Psa 130:7-8. Let Israel hope in the Lord — Every true Israelite, every one that devotes himself to God, being encouraged by my example. For with the Lord there is mercy — Not only inherent in his nature, but ready to be exercised in pardoning and saving every penitent sinner. And with him is plenteous redemption — Abundantly sufficient for all persons who will accept it upon God’s terms, and for the remission of, and deliverance from, all sins; and therefore here is good ground of hope for all contrite and returning sinners. And he — The Lord, either God the Father, by his Son, or the Son of God, by his blood; shall redeem Israel — Israel, according to the spirit; all those that turn to God in repentance and faith, and become Israelites indeed, in whom there is no guile; from all his iniquities — From the guilt, and power, and defilement of sin, and from all its consequences. “See here,” says Henry, “1st, The nature of this redemption; it is redemption from sin, from all sin; and therefore can be no other but that eternal redemption, of which Jesus Christ became the author; for it is he that saves his people from their sins, Mat 1:21; that redeems them from all iniquity, Tit 2:14; and turns away ungodliness from Jacob, Rom 11:26. 2d, The riches of this redemption; it is plenteous; there is an all-sufficient fulness of merit and grace in the Redeemer, enough for all, enough for each; enough for me, says the believer. Redemption from sin includes redemption from all other evils, and therefore is a plenteous redemption.” Reader, see thou do not rest short of this redemption; seek it with all thy heart, by faith and prayer, and thou wilt assuredly find it.”
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Let Israel hope in the Lord - In such circumstances of affliction and distress, let not the people of God despair. In the darkest night, in calamities deep and prolonged, let not those who love God despair. The morning will dawn; the light will break in the east; deliverance and joy will come. The Hebrew here is, “Trust, O Israel, in the Lord.” The design of the Psalmist seems to be, from his own experience, to persuade others - the afflicted people of God - to put their trust in Him in whom he had himself hoped. From the very depths of affliction, guilt, and almost despair, he had looked to the Lord: encouraged and persuaded by his example, he would now entreat the people of God everywhere and always, in like manner, to trust him.
For with the Lord there is mercy - He is merciful, and in his mercy we may trust.
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And with him is plenteous redemption - It is ample; it is full; it abounds. It is not limited; it is not exhausted; it cannot be exhausted. So we may always feel when we come before God, that his mercy is ample for all the needs of all the sinful and the suffering; that the provisions of his grace are unexhausted and inexhaustible. Applying this, as we may, to the work of the Saviour, we may feel that the redemption which is in him is adequate to the needs of a world, and that although numberless million have been saved by it, yet that it is still as rich, as full, and as free as it was in the beginning; as the ocean, though from the beginning of the world it has supplied the materials for rain and dew to water the hills, the vales, the continents, and the islands, is still full; as the light of the sun, though for thousands of ages it has poured its light on the planets, and on all the vast space between itself and those orbs, and has sent out its light into the vast regions beyond, still shines with undiminished splendor, and pours its floods of day and of glory on all those worlds.
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7, 8. Most fitly, therefore, does the trusting poet call on Israel also to fully trust in Jehovah, who not only showeth mercy, but plenteous redemption. He multiplieth to show mercy, as the Hebrew reads, in his manner of deliverance, saving not only from punishment, but iniquity, the cause of punishment.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 7. Hope, Israel, in Jehovah,
7. Hope, Israel, in Jehovah,
For with Jehovah Is lovingklndness.
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The Psalmist exhorts the people, or if the preceding verses are taken as the words of the congregation, Israel exhorts itself, to wait in hope. Cp. Psa_131:3.
plenteous redemption] Or, redemption in abundance, manifold ways and means of effecting Israel’s deliverance, according to the abundance of His lovingkindness and compassion. Observe how the thought that God’s manifold mercy and patience have not been exhausted by Israel’s persistent rebellion runs through the confession in Nehemiah 9; Neh_9:17; Neh_9:19; Neh_9:27-28; Neh_9:30-31; Neh_9:35. Cp. Isa_43:25; Isa_55:7.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (7) Let Israel.—Rather (as in Prayer-Book), Hope Israel in…
(7) Let Israel.—Rather (as in Prayer-Book), Hope Israel in Jehovah. It is the watchword of faith addressed to the nation. (Comp. Psa_131:3 for a rarer form of it.)
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain Let Israel hope in the Lord; or, "O Israel,…
Let Israel hope in the Lord; or, "O Israel, hope in the Lord;" i.e. continue to hope, even though in the "depths" of calamity (see ver. 1). For with the Lord there is mercy (see above, ver. 4, and the comment ad loc). And with him is plenteous redemption. (comp. Psa_111:9) Enough and to spare for all. (see Isa_55:1)
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The text declares that with the Lord there is this, and we observe
I IT IS UNDOUBTEDLY TRUE.
1. The Scriptures affirm it. It is not alone the declaration of this Scripture, but of many more besides.
2. And experience, that of myriads of believers in all ages, attests the same truth. They will tell us with one accord that they have found it so.
3. And it is plenteous because it is redemption from all evil.
(1) From the guilt and condemnation of sin. Utter and complete forgiveness is ours through the death of Christ our Lord.
(2) From the power and tyranny of sin. The blood of Christ keeps cleansing the soul of the man who walks in the light, and is ever trusting in Christ, from all sin. (1Jn_1:7)
(3) From sorrow"s crushing power; for Christ is revealed to us as knowing all our sorrows, sympathizing with us, helping us in them, and for us turning their evil into good. "All things work together for good," etc. (Rom_8:28)
(4) From the fret and worry of life; the believer is taught-the lesson of continued trust, and so to be anxious for nothing. (Php_4:6, 7)
(5) From the power of death; for the believer does not die in the sense in which of old time death was understood, for he who believes enters no Hades, no intermediate state, but, as Jesus said, he never dies his body may but he himself departs, and is at once with Christ, which is far better. Thus is there plenteous redemption.
4. And it is accessible to all. (Isa_55:1) It is the free gift of God.
II BUT MANY DO NOT CARE FOR IT. They would like a redemption from pain and distress; but they do not care for a redemption from sin they love and hold on to it too much; holiness excites no desire in their hearts; they love sin.
III AND MANY OF THOSE WHO DO DARE CAN HARDLY BE GOT TO BELIEVE IN IT. They cannot realize that it is a free gift. For:
1. They keep thinking that they must do something in the way of righteousness and holiness if they are to be saved. They want to bring something of their own to God, in return for which they shall be saved.
2. And there is much to foster this unbelief.
(1) Free gifts out of pure good will are not the way of the world. You must bring your money and pay the price.
(2) And all other religions demand the due tale of good works and meritorious deeds.
(3) For all excellence -physical, artistic, intellectual, moral we have to toil and do the needful work.
(4) And our pride protests against an eleemosynary salvation.
3. But such unbelief cannot be true.
(1) For think first of him with whom this redemption is. It is the Lord. But can we imagine him bargaining, haggling, coming to terms, over our salvation, as if he were a seller, and not a giver?
(2) And of ourselves. What have we got that could by any imagination be supposed adequate for the purchase? What is all our righteousness?
(3) Of the gift itself. It is so great that it can only be ours by gift; in no other way could we have it.
IV BUT THIS GRACE OF GOD, IN BESTOWING ON US FREELY THIS PLENTEOUS REDEMPTION, IS JUSTIFIED BY ITS RESULTS.
1. It wakes up in the recipient an overwhelming gratitude. But this is a mighty incentive to all holy obedience.
2. It enables us to go to the vilest of men and proclaim Gods mercy waiting for them. We could not do this were it not all of grace.
3. It forbids alike both boasting and despair.
4. It shows a dear path to the fullest salvation the world can know. I can be holy as he is holy, because of this free gift received through faith.
5. It redounds to the glory of God. S.C.
The final object of hope.
Luther says the redemption is called "plenteous" because such is the straitness of our heart, the slenderness of our hopes, the weakness of our faith, that it far exceeds all our capacity, all our petitions and desires. Lord Bacon says, "Generous and magnanimous minds are readiest to forgive; and it is a weakness and impotency of mind to be unable to forgive." The point on which we now dwell is the strong demand that Israel shall hope in Jehovah himself. The sense of personality in God is to be most jealously treasured. In India it is conceived that the personality of god is but a step towards the higher realization of him, or it, as an impersonal, uncaused, unrelated, absolute being. But this is an unreal dreamland. No fitting idea of God can fail to include an active, ever-working will, that is influenced by surrounding and swayed by feeling. But that is the characteristic of a person. The Word of God, while refusing to permit any representation of God as a Person, nevertheless insists that we shall always deal with him as a Person.
I GOD HIMSELF IS THE OBJECT OF A SINNER"S HOPE. There is a distinction of the utmost importance, which is often missed, and often very imperfectly apprehended. A man can never have absolute confidence based on anything that God has ever done. His confidence must rest in God, who did those things, and has revealed himself as wholly trustworthy in doing them. For the nation to rely on what God did, in delivering it from Egyptian bondage, would be wholly unworthy. For it to rely on God, who then delivered, and so proved himself to be the Deliverer, was worthy and ennobling. So still, the work of Divine redemption is not the proper object of a sinner"s hope, but God, who in such a glorious and Divine way has redeemed. The hope is in no thing, though it may have the Divine stamp on it. The hope is in the Person who is revealed in and by the thing done. The apprehension of this involves the reformation of very much of the imperfect theology that now prevails.
II CHRIST HIMSELF IS THE AGENCY FOR REALIZING HIM WHO IS THE OBJECT OF THE SINNER"S HOPE. St. Peter states this with admirable precision, "Who, by him, do believe in God." Our faith is demanded, not for Christ"s work, but for Christ himself. And not for Christ other than as a mediary. Our hope as sinners is only rightly fixed on Christ when we apprehend that God was in Christ, reconciling the world unto himself. R.T.
Full redemption.
"And with him is plenteous redemption.
I THE ORIGIN OF REDEMPTION. "With him with God. The gospel bears the stamp of its Divine origin:
1. In what it reveals.
2. In what it proposes. It is not man"s appeal to God, but God"s proposal to man.
II THE NATURE OF REDEMPTION.
1. The slavery from which we are redeemed.
2. The price of our redemption.
3. The liberty bestowed.
III THE FULNESS OF THIS REDEMPTION.
1. It is full for each.
2. It is full for all. S.
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Charles H. Spurgeon 1885 · Public Domain Ver. 7. Let Israel hope in the LORD. Or,…
Ver. 7. Let Israel hope in the LORD. Or, "Hope thou, Israel, in Jehovah." Jehovah is Israel's God; therefore, let Israel hope in him. What one Israelite does he wishes all Israel to do. That man has a just right to exhort others who is himself setting the example. Israel of old waited upon Jehovah and wrestled all the night long, and at last he went his way succoured by the Hope of Israel: the like shall happen to all his seed. God has great things in store for his people, they ought to have large expectations. For with the LORD there is mercy. This is in his very nature, and by the light of nature it may be seen. But we have also the light of grace, and therefore we see still more of his mercy. With us there is sin; but hope is ours, because "with the Lord there is mercy." Our comfort lies not in that which is with us, but in that which is with our God. Let us look out of self and its poverty to Jehovah and his riches of mercy. And with him is plenteous redemption. He can and will redeem all his people out of their many and great troubles; nay, their redemption is already wrought out and laid up with him, so that he can at any time give his waiting ones the full benefit thereof. The attribute of mercy, and the fact of redemption, are two most sufficient reasons for hoping in Jehovah; and the fact that there is no mercy or deliverance elsewhere should effectually wean the soul from all idolatry. Are not these deep things of God a grand comfort for those who are crying out of the depths? Is it not better to be in the deeps with David, hoping in God's mercy, than up on the mountain tops, boasting in our own fancied righteousness?
Ver. 7. Let Israel hope in the LORD. This title is applied to all the Lord's people; it sets forth their dignity they are PRINCES; it refers to their experience they wrestle with God in prayer, and they prevail. Despondency does not become a prince, much less a Christian. Our God is "THE GOD OF HOPE"; and we should hope in him. Israel should hope in his mercy, in his patience, in his provision, in his plenteous redemption. They should hope for light in darkness; for strength in weakness; for direction in perplexity; for deliverance in danger; for victory in conflict; and for triumph in death. They should hope in God confidently, because he hath promised; prayerfully, for he loves to hear from us; obediently, for his precepts are to be observed by us; and constantly, for he is always the same. James Smith (1802-1862), in "The Believer's Daily Remembrancer, "
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Ver. 7. Let Israel hope in the LORD. Whereas, in all preceding verses of the Psalm, the thoughts, the sorrows, the prayer, the penitence, the awe, the waiting, the watching, were all personal and confined to himself; here a great change has taken place, and it is no longer "I", but "Israel"; all Israel. "Let Israel hope in the Lord: for with the Lord there is mercy, and with him is plenteous redemption. And he shall redeem Israel from all his iniquities." This is as it always ought to be...It is the genius of our religion to go forth to multitudes. James Vaughan.
Ver. 7. For with the LORD there is mercy. Mercy has been shown to us, but it dwells in God. It is one of his perfections. The exercise of it is his delight. There is mercy with the Lord in all its fulness;he never was more merciful than now, neither will he ever be. There is mercy with the Lord in all its tenderness, he is full of compassion, his bowels are troubled for us, his tender mercies are over us. There is mercy with him in all its variety, it suits every case.
Here is mercy that receives sinners, mercy that restores backsliders, mercy that keeps believers. Here is the mercy that pardons sin, that introduces to the enjoyment of all gospel privileges, and that blesses the praying soul far beyond its expectations. With the Lord there is mercy, and he loves to display it, he is ready to impart it, he has determined to exalt and glorify it.
There is mercy with the Lord; this should encourage the miserable to approach him; this informs the fearful that they need bring nothing to induce him to bless them; this calls upon backsliders to return to him; and this is calculated to cheer the tried Christian, under all his troubles and distresses. Remember, mercy is like God, it is infinite and eternal. Mercy is always on the throne. Mercy may be obtained by any sinner. James Smith.
Ver. 7. With him is plenteous redemption. This plenteous redemption leaves behind it no more relies of sin than Moses left hoofs of beasts behind him in Egypt. It redeems not only from the fault, but from the punishment; not only a tanto, but a toto not only from such, but also from all sin and penalty; not only from the sense but from the fear of pain; and in the fault, not only from the guilt, but front the stain; not only from being censured, but from being questioned. Or is it meant by a plenteous redemption that not only he leads captivity captive, but gives gifts unto men? For what good is it to a prisoner to have his pardon, if he be kept in prison still for not paying his fees? but if the prince, together with the pardon, sends also a largess that may maintain him when he is set at liberty, this, indeed, is a plenteous redemption; and such is the redemption that God's mercy procures unto us. It not only delivers us from a dungeon, but puts us in possession of a palace; it not only frees us from eating bread in the sweat of our brows, but it restores us to Paradise, where all fruits are growing of their own accord; it not only clears us from being captives, but endears us to be children; and not only children, but heirs; and not only heirs, but co-heirs with Christ; and who can deny this to be a plenteous redemption Or is it said a plenteous redemption in regard of the price that was paid to redeem us? for we are redeemed with a price, not of gold or precious stones, but with the precious blood of the Lamb slain before the foundation of the world. For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son to be a ransom for us, and this I am sure is a plenteous redemption. Sir Richard Baker.
Ver. 7. Plenteous redemption, or more literally, "redemption plenteously." He calls it plenteous, as Luther says, because such is the straitness of our heart, the slenderness of our hopes, the weakness of our faith, that it far exceeds all our capacity, all our petitions and all our desires. J. J. Stewart Perowne.
Ver. 7-8. This Psalm containeth an evident prophecy of the Messias; in setting forth his plentiful redemption, and that he should redeem Israel, that is, the Church, from all their sins. Which words in their full sense were used by an angel to Joseph, in telling him that the child's name should be JESUS, "because he should save his people from their sins": Mt 1:21. Sir John Hayward (1560-1627), in "David's Tears, "1623.
Ver. 7. Redeeming grace the sole hope of the holiest. W. B. H.
Ver. 7.
1. A divine exhortation: "Let Israel hope in the LORD."
2. A spiritual reason: "For with the LORD there is mercy", etc.
3. A gracious promise: "He shall redeem Israel from, all his iniquities." J. C. Philpot.
Ver. 7-8. It is our wisdom to have personal dealings with God.
1. The first exercise of faith must be upon the Lord himself. This is the natural order, the necessary order, easiest, wisest, and most profitable order. Begin where all begins.
2. Exercises of faith about other things must still be in connection with the Lord. Mercy"with the Lord." Plenteous redemption "with him."
3. Exercises of faith, whatever their object, must all settle on him. "He shall redeem", etc.
Psalms 130:8*
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The Biblical Illustrator 1887 · Public Domain Let Israel hope in the Lord.
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Let Israel hope in the Lord.
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Israels hope; or, the centre of the target
When we meet with a man who has been in special trouble, and he has escaped from it, we are anxious to know how it came to pass, in order that, if we are east into similar trial, we also may resort to the same door of hope. The other day you saw a man blind, begging ill the street, and now he has an eye bright as that which sparkles on the face of a gazelle, and you cry in astonishment Tell me who was the oculist that operated on your eyes; for I may be in a like case, and I should be glad to know where to go? Here, then, we have a gale of knowledge opened before us. This psalm is called De Profundis; its teaching is not only profound, but practical.
I. In obtaining Gospel blessings the first exercises of faith must be towards God in Christ Jesus, and not towards the blessings themselves.
1. This is the most natural order which faith can follow. Look first to the Giver, and then to the gift. Look for the Helper, and then for the help.
2. This is the necessary order--first to Christ, and then to His yoke, and to His peace.
3. It is also the easiest order. Do not try to believe in pardon in the abstract, but in Jesus the Sacrifice and Saviour, who has once for all appeared to put away sin. By looking to Him you will be saved; and what is easier than to look?
4. I believe that, in every case wherein the soul finds peace, this is the actual order. We may go about after pardon, renewal, and holiness, but we find no rest unto our souls while hunting for these. As a matter of fact, we look unto Him and are lightened, and not by any other means.
II. All exercises of faith in reference to other things must be in connection with the Lord. As the stars called the Pointers always point to the pole-star, so must our faith ever look to God in Christ Jesus. Having begun with Jesus, our faith must not look elsewhere. I would do nothing without Jesus. I would not even wish to repent except my eye were upon the Cross. I would not hope to think a holy thought except as my soul still gazed upon. Jesus my all. Away, away with every idea of mercy except it be mercy received through Jesus, for He alone is full of grace, and of His fulness must we receive. Mercy flows through Christ alone. So is it with plenteous redemption. What a grand utterance that is--plenteous redemption! Is there not rare music in the sound l It means plenteous forgiveness for plenteous sin, through a price paid, a ransom given. In Christ only can you find this. With Him is plenteous redemption. Do not dream of finding redemption in ordinances, in prayers, in tears, or in anything but the life and death and person of the Son of God. Plenteous redemption. Why, that means deliverance from the bondage of many lusts, freedom from the thraldom of strong passions, a ransom of captives from fierce taskmasters. (C. H. Spurgeon.)
With Him is plenteous redemption.--
Plenteous redemption
As the mighty ocean, while, from the beginning of the world, it has supplied rain and dew to water the hills and vales, and continents and islands, is undiminished; as the light of the sun, though for thousands of ages it has brightened the planets, and the broad expanse of heaven, still pours its dazzling radiance on countless worlds, so with the benefits of the Saviours death.
I. This redemption is ample and unlimited. St. Paul was certainly not deceiving Christians when he taught them to pray for all men (1Ti_2:1), which would be mere mockery, if all might not come to a knowledge of the truth. The Prayer Book has not been leading us astray when it has made us say so many times, and with such earnestness of heart, That it may please Thee to have mercy upon all men. If Christ died only for the elect, where would be the propriety of such petitions?
II. It cannot be exhausted, and provision has been made for each one of us. One of the lay preachers who accomplished so much good in Scotland amplified and re-echoed the sentiment--It was not a live lamb that was tied to the door-posts of the Israelites in Egypt; only its blood was sprinkled over them. It is not the life of Christ that saves, nor imitations of His life; but His death, His blood. (J. N. Norton.)
Plenteous redemption
I. Redemption implies captivity to the penalty and power of sin; release into safety and liberty; and the ransom of the obedience and suffering of Jesus. Faith secures release by appropriating the work of Christ, which abolishes penalty, and the work of the Holy Spirit, which regenerates and so changes the whole nature as to deliver from penalty.
II. This redemption is plenteous.
1. In the breadth of forgiveness, covering all offenders and offences, and removing them out of the sight of God.
2. In covering the breadth of mans need, Christ saves to the uttermost (Heb_7:25). Mind, heart, conscience, and will all purged by the power of redeeming blood.
3. In the freedom and fulness of infinite grace such a price--such love--such provision even for non-partakers.
III. It is with him. God the Father devised, the Son executes, the Spirit applies the scheme. No hope or help in man for himself or fellow-man. (Homiletic Review.)
Plenteous redemption
Redemption is a word which has gladdened many ears, when there was no heavenly sound in its blessed chime. Apart from any theological use of it, the word is a very sweet one, and has been melodious to many hearts. In those days when piracy was carried on continually along the coast of Africa, when our fellow-Christian subjects were caught by corsairs, and carried away captive, you can well understand how the burdened soul of the manacled slave, chained to the oar of his galley, was gladdened by the hope that possibly there would be redemption. His cruel master, who had forced him into his possession, would not willingly emancipate him; but a rumour came, that in some distant nation they had raised a sum of money to purchase the freedom of slaves--that some wealthy merchant had dedicated of his substance to buy back his fellow-countrymen; that the king himself upon his throne had promised to give a liberal redemption that the captives among the Moors might return to their homes. Truly I can suppose the hours would run happily along, and the dreariness of their toil would be assuaged, when once that word redemption had sounded in their ears. So with our fellow-subjects and our fellow-men, who once were slaves in our West Indian settlements. We can well conceive that to their lips the word redemption must have been a very pleasing song. O there are many sonnets in that one word, redemption! Now, ye who have sold for nought your glorious heritage; ye who have been carried bondslaves into Satans dominion; ye who have worn the fetters of guilt and groaned under them; ye who have smarted beneath the lash of the law; what the news of redemption has been to slaves and captives, that will it be to you. It will cheer your souls and gladden your spirits, and more especially so when that rich adjective is coupled with it plenteous redemption.
I. Redemption. What has Christ redeemed? His redemption is a very compendious redemption. He has redeemed many things; He has redeemed the souls of His people; He has redeemed the bodies of His people; He has redeemed the original inheritance which man lost in Adam; He has redeemed, in the last place, the world, considered in a certain sense--in the sense in which He will have the world at last. The whole creation, said Paul, groaneth and travaileth in pain together until now; waiting for what? waiting for the redemption; and by the redemption I understand that this world shall be washed of all her sin; her curse shall be removed, her stains taken away, and this world shall be as fair as when God first struck her from His mind. This Christ has redeemed; this, Christ shall, and most assuredly must, have.
II. plenteous redemption.
1. It is plenteous when we consider the millions that have been redeemed.
2. It is plenteous, again, if we consider the sins of all who are redeemed. S. Remember, again, that this plenteous redemption is plenteous because it is enough for all the distresses of all the saints. Your wants are almost infinite; but this atonement is quite so. (C. H. Spurgeon.)
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C. I. Scofield 1917 · Public Domain redemption (See Scofield "Isa 59:20"). See Scofield "Exo 14:30".
redemption (See Scofield "Isa 59:20"). See Scofield "Exo 14:30".
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unfoldingWord translationNotes 2017 · CC BY-SA 4.0 Israel ... his sins
Israel ... his sins
The people of Israel are spoken of as if they were a man. AT: "the people of Israel ... their" or "us people of Israel ... our" (See: Metaphor)
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Tyndale Open Study Notes 2022 · CC BY-SA 4.0 130:7-8 Israel is invited to hope in the Lord…
130:7-8 Israel is invited to hope in the Lord (9:18; 27:14; 131:3) because the Lord pays the costly price for redemption and covers whatever sin separates humans from him (see also 111:9; Exod 6:6-8; 2 Sam 7:23-24; Isa 43:1-4; Titus 2:14; Heb 9:12; 1 Pet 1:18).
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