And He will redeem Israel from all iniquity.
Whether the prophet speaks for himself alone or for the whole Church, his point is clear: overwhelmed by adversity, he cries out with passionate urgency to God. He acknowledges his chastisement as just, yet he encourages all genuine believers to hold fast to hope, for God is ready always to deliver His people from death.
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Commenting on Psalm 130:1-8
And he shall redeem Israel from all his iniquities. Our iniquities are our worst dangers: if saved from these, we are saved altogether; but there is no salvation from them except by redemption. What a blessing that this is here promised in terms which remove it out of the region of question: the Lord shall certainly redeem his believing people from all their sins.
I wait for the Lord as surely as sentinels watch for morning, more assured, more eager. His covenant is firmer than the laws of day and night themselves, for those shall pass away but His is everlasting. I long for tokens of His favor and visits of His grace more earnestly than watchers long for dawn.
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Commenting on Psalm 130:5-8