Friday, March 7, 2014

Interpretation of Psalms 130



Song of Ascents = Pilgrim Songs, Songs of Degrees, Songs of Steps

Interpretation of Psalm 130:

 Down in the pits of our lowest point when we have been cut off from everyone whom we thought could help, Your Name is called upon earnestly. I beg that you hear our cry and listen to lips full of humble prayers. Where could we hide if you kept a record of all of our iniquities? What scale could hold the weight of our sins? How merciful You are that You smooth out the rough patches of life with Your grace and mercy, if you didn't we would unravel like a ball of yarn. Thanks be unto You for Your loving kindness and ability to forgive. You are eternally reverenced because You never stop forgiving. No matter what happens or what challenges arise, unshakable faith is the only response.

 In pain or joy, tears or laughter I will wait upon Your presence to speak to my soul as only You can. With a heart of expectancy and hope, I will sit patiently knowing that You are never far. In you do I put my trust oh God, for there is no one else who can redeem me from my sins. My hand is in Your hand lead me in the land of uprightness.

“Gratitude for forgiveness leads the worshiper to reverent fear and obedience.”

** Today, I dust off my blog for an exciting challenge in which other readers and I get to share our insight of a particular passage of scripture pertaining to the Lent season. I'm participating in the activity with the blog shereadstruth . I recommend it to any woman seeking to get deeper in God. **

13 comments:

  1. Amen...this was powerful. Yarn unravels sooooo quickly. And I imagined a scale just hitting the ground....

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    1. Thank you so much Sis! It makes me smile to know that what God gave me, blessed you. I couldn't think of a better item to use when describing how fast our life takes a nose dive without His mercy.

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    1. Thank you! Melissa your post was definitely one of my favorites. How you personalized not having to run and hide from God with your childhood story was great!

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  3. First of all--your comment on my post meant so much to me--a real encouragement--

    Your post is beautiful and right on in everything you said. My favorite line was

    What scale could hold the weight of our sins? wow!

    I would love to sit down and have a good laugh with you. You sound like a lot of fun with some really sound and good advice--God bless you sweet sister!

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    1. Thank you Elizabeth, but I must say your post is my favorite! The vivid picture you portrayed touched something deep inside of me. Your post brought home the point of how we should expectantly and with all anticipation wait on the Lord. Many, many thanks!

      SRT really needs to organize a meet up or get together so all of us could be around each other. Then we could share that laugh (I do love a good chuckle) and sound advice with each other. God Bless you too!

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  4. Lovely. Only God can redeem us of our sins and inequities.

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    1. Thank you! Isn't it beautiful, that after all we've done He still desires to redeem us?

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  5. My hand is in Your hand. Thats nice. Thanks for writing this.

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    1. Thank you! Can you picture that though? Our hand in His hand while He gently pulls us the right way to go.

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  6. So refreshing to read this in a poetic form. Thanks for sharing, God bless

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    1. Thanks Gema! I couldn't decide how I wanted to present my analysis of Psalms 130, but this way presented itself to me so I took off running. Glad you enjoyed it. God Bless you too!

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  7. Thanks so much for your comment on my post...and I'm so GLAD you dusted off your blog to join in. Beautifully written.

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