Right now the world is anxiously waiting. Waiting what will happen with things unfolding up north, waiting to see if the Bear will attack, waiting to see if the economy will collapse, waiting to see what is going to unfold. Things are building and building and at some point there’s got to be a release of this tension, though it will not be pretty. The world is waiting anxiously to see what happens next.
This psalm is a psalm of anxious waiting.
“I wait for Yahweh; I wait and put my hope in His word. I wait for the LORD more than watchmen for the morning–more than watchmen for the morning” (Ps 130:5-6).
Why is the psalmist waiting so intensely and what is he waiting for?
We don’t for sure but we have clues. Twice David mentions that sin has been in the picture (v. 3,8) so it would appear that God has brought judgment. Furthermore there is plea for the forgiveness of God (v. 4).
It’s a season of national distress and there is this deep longing looking for the mercy of God to lift his hand. It is important that they are not looking to the people who have oppressed them, but rather looking to the LORD to forgive them. Sometimes we just know that we know that our distress is a direct result of our sin and we need the LORD’s mercy. Not all times are times of God’s judgment, but sometimes, yes.
And something special also?
“But with you there is forgiveness, so that You may be revered” (Ps 130:4).
The fruit of knowing the forgiveness of God is an increased reverence for Him. And that is true. When you realize that God does not need to forgive, but does so through Christ, it’s a beautiful thing.
