PUT YOUR HOPE IN THE LORD

 Psalm 130:1-131:3 / Keywords 130:7

O Israel, put your hope in the LORD, for with the LORD is unfailing love and with him is full redemption.

 

 A song of ascents.

130:1 Out of the depths I cry to you, Lord;

2     Lord, hear my voice.

Let your ears be attentive

    to my cry for mercy.

3 If you, Lord, kept a record of sins,

    Lord, who could stand?

4 But with you there is forgiveness,

    so that we can, with reverence, serve you.

5 I wait for the Lord, my whole being waits,

    and in his word I put my hope.

6 I wait for the Lord

    more than watchmen wait for the morning,

    more than watchmen wait for the morning.

7 Israel, put your hope in the Lord,

    for with the Lord is unfailing love

    and with him is full redemption.

8 He himself will redeem Israel

    from all their sins.

A song of ascents. Of David.

131:1 My heart is not proud, Lord,

    my eyes are not haughty;

I do not concern myself with great matters

    or things too wonderful for me.

2 But I have calmed and quieted myself,

    I am like a weaned child with its mother;

    like a weaned child I am content.

3 Israel, put your hope in the Lord

    both now and forevermore.

1. The Psalmist cried to the LORD out of the depths of his sin. He prayed not only for himself, but also for the nation of Israel. They could not stand before the LORD because of their sins. It seemed like a hopeless situation, but the writer prayed that the LORD would listen to his voice and respond with mercy and forgiveness. He prayed that they might once again worship and serve the LORD.

 

2. The Psalmist declared he would wait for the LORD like a watchman. He put his hope in the LORD. The LORD has unfailing love. He alone can redeem people from sin. Hope means waiting for the LORD who revealed himself in his word. Hope is not based on sight but on the love of God and his promise to redeem us from the power of sin.

 

3. Psalm 131 describes the nature of hope as waiting for the LORD like a humble child. He is our hope of eternal redemption.

 

Prayer Lord, thank you for hearing us when we cry out to you. Bless us to wait for you and hope in your redemption.

One Word Hope in the LORD