Psalm 130:7 Study Bible: Israel, hope in the LORD, for with the LORD there is loving kindness. With him is abundant redemption.

◄ Psalm 130:7 ►

O Israel, put your hope in the LORD, for with the LORD is loving devotion, and with Him is redemption in abundance.

O Israel
The phrase "O Israel" serves as a direct address to the nation of Israel, God's chosen people. In the Hebrew text, "Israel" is derived from "Yisra'el," which means "God prevails" or "he who struggles with God." This name was given to Jacob after wrestling with God, symbolizing the enduring relationship and covenant between God and His people. Historically, Israel represents not just a nation but a spiritual community called to embody God's laws and promises. This call to Israel is a reminder of their identity and the special relationship they have with God, urging them to respond in faith and obedience.

put your hope
The phrase "put your hope" is a call to trust and expect confidently. The Hebrew word for "hope" is "yachal," which implies waiting with expectation and trust. In the biblical context, hope is not a passive wish but an active, confident expectation of God's faithfulness and deliverance. This hope is rooted in the character of God, who has proven Himself faithful throughout Israel's history. It is a call to rely on God's promises and His ability to fulfill them, even in times of distress or uncertainty.

in the LORD
"In the LORD" specifies the object of Israel's hope. The term "LORD" in all capital letters represents the divine name "Yahweh," the covenant name of God revealed to Moses. This name signifies God's eternal, self-existent nature and His faithfulness to His promises. By placing hope in Yahweh, Israel is reminded of God's unchanging nature and His commitment to His people. It is a call to trust in God's sovereignty, goodness, and covenantal love, which have been demonstrated throughout their history.

for with the LORD
The phrase "for with the LORD" introduces the reason for placing hope in God. It emphasizes the relationship and proximity of God to His people. The preposition "with" suggests that what follows is inherently part of God's nature and character. It reassures the believer that God is not distant or detached but actively involved in the lives of His people, offering them His attributes and blessings.

is loving devotion
"Loving devotion" is translated from the Hebrew word "chesed," a rich term that encompasses love, mercy, kindness, and faithfulness. It is a covenantal term that describes God's steadfast love and loyalty to His people. This loving devotion is not based on Israel's merit but on God's character and promises. It is a reminder of God's unwavering commitment to His people, providing them with assurance and comfort in His unchanging love.

and with Him
The repetition of "with Him" reinforces the idea that what is being described is intrinsic to God's nature. It emphasizes that the following attribute is also found in God, highlighting His sufficiency and the completeness of His provision for His people.

is redemption in abundance
"Redemption in abundance" speaks to the vastness and sufficiency of God's deliverance. The Hebrew word for "redemption" is "pedut," which refers to the act of freeing or rescuing someone from bondage or danger. In the biblical context, it often refers to God's deliverance of Israel from slavery in Egypt, symbolizing spiritual liberation. The term "in abundance" underscores the limitless nature of God's redemptive power. It assures Israel that God's ability to save and restore is not limited or scarce but overflowing and more than sufficient to meet their needs. This abundant redemption points ultimately to the work of Christ, who provides complete and eternal salvation for all who trust in Him.

Persons / Places / Events

1. Israel
The nation chosen by God, representing His covenant people. In this context, Israel is called to place their hope in the LORD.

2. The LORD (Yahweh)
The covenant name of God, emphasizing His eternal, unchanging nature and His relationship with His people.

3. Redemption
The act of being saved from sin, a central theme in the Bible, pointing to God's deliverance and salvation.

Teaching Points

Hope in the LORD
Believers are called to place their hope in God, not in worldly things or circumstances. This hope is rooted in His character and promises.

God's Loving Devotion
The Hebrew word for "loving devotion" is "chesed," which encompasses God's steadfast love, mercy, and faithfulness. Understanding this attribute of God can deepen our trust in Him.

Abundant Redemption
God's redemption is not limited or scarce; it is abundant. This abundance is fully realized in the person and work of Jesus Christ, who offers salvation to all who believe.

Corporate Call to Faith
The call to "O Israel" signifies a communal aspect of faith. As believers, we are part of a larger body and are encouraged to support one another in our hope and trust in God.

Living in Expectation
As we hope in the LORD, we live with an expectation of His intervention and deliverance, both in this life and in the life to come.

Bible Study Questions

1. How does the concept of "hope in the LORD" challenge or encourage you in your current life situation?

2. In what ways can understanding God's "loving devotion" (chesed) impact your relationship with Him and others?

3. How does the idea of "redemption in abundance" influence your view of salvation and forgiveness?

4. What are some practical ways you can encourage others in your community to place their hope in the LORD?

5. How do the themes of hope, loving devotion, and redemption in Psalm 130:7 connect with the New Testament teachings about Jesus Christ?

Connections to Other Scriptures

Psalm 33:18-22
This passage also speaks of the hope and trust that God's people should place in Him, emphasizing His unfailing love and deliverance.

Lamentations 3:22-24
Highlights God's steadfast love and mercy, encouraging believers to hope in Him.

Ephesians 1:7
Discusses redemption through Christ's blood, connecting the Old Testament concept of redemption to the New Testament fulfillment in Jesus.

Sermons

Full Redemption	C. Short	Psalm 130:7
Israel's Hope; Or, the Centre of the Target		Psalm 130:7
Israel's Hope; Or, the Centre of the Target	Charles Haddon Spurgeon	Psalm 130:7
Plenteous Redemption	J. N. Norton.	Psalm 130:7
Plenteous Redemption	Homiletic Review	Psalm 130:7
Plenteous Redemption		Psalm 130:7
Plenteous Redemption	S. Conway	Psalm 130:7
The Final Object of Hope	R. Tuck	Psalm 130:7
A Cry Out of Mental Distress	J. O. Keen, D. D.	Psalm 130:1-8
A Cry to God for the Forgiveness of Sin	C. Short	Psalm 130:1-8
A Prayer for Deliverance	D. Smith, M. A.	Psalm 130:1-8
De Profundis	S. Conway	Psalm 130:1-8
Deep Places	A. Symson.	Psalm 130:1-8
Encouragement for the Penitent	H. Woodcock.	Psalm 130:1-8
From the Depths to the Heights	A. Maclaren, D. D.	Psalm 130:1-8
In the Depths		Psalm 130:1-8
Pardoning Mercy	Expository Outlines	Psalm 130:1-8
The Commendable Conduct of Man Under Trial	Homilist	Psalm 130:1-8
The Pilgrim Song of Penitence	T. W. Chambers, D. D.	Psalm 130:1-8
Thy Depth of Repentance	Homilist	Psalm 130:1-8

People

David, Psalmist

Places

Jerusalem

Topics

Abundant, Full, Hope, Kindness, Love, Loving, Lovingkindness, Loving-kindness, Mercy, O, Plenteous, Redemption, Salvation, Steadfast, Unfailing, Wait

Dictionary of Bible Themes

Psalm 130:7

     8215   confidence, results
     8261   generosity, God's
     9612   hope, in God

Psalm 130:7-8

     1315   God, as redeemer
     6233   rejection, experience
     6722   redemption, OT
     8106   assurance, nature of

Library

November the Thirtieth the Spring and the River
"With the Lord there is mercy." --PSALM cxxx. That is the ultimate spring. All the pilgrims of the night may meet at that fountain. We have no other common meeting-place. If we make any other appointment we shall lose one another on the way. But we can meet one another at the fountain, men of all colours, and of all denominations, and of all creeds. "By Thy mercy, O deliver us, good Lord!" "There is forgiveness with Thee." That is the quickening river. Sin and guilt scorch the fair garden of …
John Henry Jowett—My Daily Meditation for the Circling Year

Israel's Hope; Or, the Centre of the Target
WHEN HE PENNED this psalm, the writer, David, was in deep distress, if not of circumstances, yet of conscience. He constantly mentions iniquities, and begs forgiveness. He felt like a shipwrecked mariner, carried overboard into the raging sea. Thus he reviews the situation--"Out of the depths have I cried unto thee, O Lord." Yet he lived to tell the tale of deliverance. His prayer from among the waves was a memory worth preserving, and he does preserve it. The mercy of God to him he weaves into a …
Charles Haddon Spurgeon—Spurgeon's Sermons Volume 37: 1891

'de Profundis'
PSALM cxxx. 1. Out of the deep have I cried unto thee, O Lord. Lord, hear my voice. What is this deep of which David speaks so often? He knew it well, for he had been in it often and long. He was just the sort of man to be in it often. A man with great good in him, and great evil; with very strong passions and feelings, dragging him down into the deep, and great light and understanding to show him the dark secrets of that horrible pit when he was in it; and with great love of God too, and of …
Charles Kingsley—The Good News of God

My Savior, on the Word of Truth
"I wait for the Lord, my soul doth wait, and in His word do I hope." -- Psalm 130:5. My Savior, on the word of truth In earnest hope I live; I ask for all the precious things Thy boundless love can give. I look for many a lesser light About my path to shine; But chiefly long to walk with Thee, And only trust in Thine. In holy expectation held, Thy strength my heart shall stay, For Thy right hand will never let My trust be cast away. Yea, Thou hast kept me near Thy feet, In many a deadly strife, …
Miss A. L. Waring—Hymns and Meditations

The Night Watch
Heinrich Suso Ps. cxxx. 6 Oh when shall the fair day break, and the hour of gladness come, When I to my heart's Beloved, to Thee, O my Lord, go home? O Lord, the ages are long, and weary my heart for Thee, For Thee, O my one Beloved, whose Voice shall call for me. I would see Thee face to face, Thou Light of my weary eyes, I wait and I watch till morning shall open the gate of the skies; The morn when I rise aloft, to my one, my only bliss, To know the smile of Thy welcome, the mystery of Thy kiss. …
Frances Bevan—Hymns of Ter Steegen, Suso, and Others

Fervent Supplication. --Ps. cxxx.
Fervent Supplication.--Ps. cxxx. Out of the depths of woe, To Thee, O Lord! I cry; Darkness surrounds me, but I know That Thou art ever nigh. Then hearken to my voice, Give ear to my complaint; Thou bidst the mourning soul rejoice, Thou comfortest the faint. I cast my hope on Thee, Thou canst, Thou wilt forgive; Wert Thou to mark iniquity, Who in thy sight could live? Humbly on Thee I wait, Confessing all my sin; Lord, I am knocking at thy gate, Open and take me in. Like them, whose longing …
James Montgomery—Sacred Poems and Hymns

My Soul with Patience Waits
[1192]Festal Song: William H. Walter, 1894 [1193]Swabia: Johann M. Spiess, 1745 Psalm 130 Tate and Brady, 1698 DOXOLOGY My soul with patience waits For thee, the living Lord: My hopes are on thy promise built, Thy never-failing word. My longing eyes look out For thy enlivening ray, More duly than the morning watch To spy the dawning day. Let Israel trust in God; No bounds his mercy knows; The plenteous source and spring from whence Eternal succour flows; Whose friendly streams to us Supplies …
Various—The Hymnal of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the USA

On Perfection
"Let us go on to perfection." Heb. 6:1. The whole sentence runs thus: "Therefore, leaving the principles of the doctrine of Christ, let us go on unto perfection: Not laying again the foundation of repentance from dead works, and of faith toward God;" which he had just before termed, "the first principles of the oracles of God," and "meat fit for babes," for such as have just tasted that the Lord is gracious. That the doing of this is a point of the utmost importance the Apostle intimates in the next …
John Wesley—Sermons on Several Occasions

"There is Therefore Now no Condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus,
Rom. viii. 1.--"There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, &c." All the promises are yea and amen in Christ Jesus; they meet all in him and from him are derived unto us. When man was in integrity, he was with God, and in God, and that immediately, without the intervention of a Mediator. But our falling from God hath made us without God, and the distance is so great, as Abraham speaks to the rich man, that neither can those above go down to him, nor he come up to them. …
Hugh Binning—The Works of the Rev. Hugh Binning

The Christian's Hope
Scripture references: 1 Timothy 1:1; Colossians 1:27; Psalm 130:5; 43:5; Proverbs 10:8; Acts 24:15; Psalm 71:5; Romans 5:1-5; 12:12; 15:4; 1 Corinthians 9:10; Galatians 5:5; Ephesians 1:18; Philippians 1:20; Colossians 1:5; 1 Thessalonians 1:3; 2:19; Titus 1:2; 2:13; 3:7; Psalm 31:24; 71:14,15. HOPE IN THE PRESENT LIFE That which a man ardently hopes for he strives to realize. If he desires fame, office or wealth he will seek to set forces in motion, here and now, which will bring him that which …
Henry T. Sell—Studies in the Life of the Christian

Regeneration by Faith. Of Repentance.
1. Connection of this chapter with the previous one and the subsequent chapters. Repentance follows faith, and is produced by it. Reason. Error of those who take a contrary view. 2. Their First Objection. Answer. In what sense the origin of Repentance ascribed to Faith. Cause of the erroneous idea that faith is produced by repentance. Refutation of it. The hypocrisy of Monks and Anabaptists in assigning limits to repentance exposed. 3. A second opinion concerning repentance considered. 4. A third …
John Calvin—The Institutes of the Christian Religion

Israel's Hope Encouraged;
OR, WHAT HOPE IS, AND HOW DISTINGUISHED FROM FAITH: WITH ENCOURAGEMENTS FOR A HOPING PEOPLE. ADVERTISEMENT BY THE EDITOR. 'Auspicious hope! in thy sweet garden grow Wreaths for each toil, a charm for every woe.' Christian hope is a firm expectation of all promised good, but especially of eternal salvation and happiness in heaven, where we shall be like the Son of God. This hope is founded on the grace, blood, righteousness, and intercession of Christ--the earnest of the Holy Spirit in our hearts, …
John Bunyan—The Works of John Bunyan Volumes 1-3

Out of the Deep of Sin.
Innumerable troubles are come about me. My sins have taken such hold upon me, that I am not able to look up; yea, they are more in number than the hairs of my head, and my heart hath failed me.--Ps. xl. 15. I acknowledge my faults, and my sin is ever before me. Against Thee only have I sinned, and done this evil in Thy sight.--Ps. li. 3. I said, I will confess my sins unto the Lord; and so Thou forgavest the wickedness of my sin.--Ps. xxxii. 6. Blessed is the man whose iniquity is forgiven, and …
Charles Kingsley—Out of the Deep

"That the Righteousness of the Law Might be Fulfilled in Us,"
Rom. viii. 4.--"That the righteousness of the law might be fulfilled in us," &c. "Think not," saith our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, "that I am come to destroy the law,--I am come to fulfil it," Matt. v. 17. It was a needful caveat, and a very timeous advertisement, because of the natural misapprehensions in men's minds of the gospel. When free forgiveness of sins, and life everlasting, is preached in Jesus Christ, without our works; when the mercy of God is proclaimed in its freedom and fulness, …
Hugh Binning—The Works of the Rev. Hugh Binning

The Essence of Prayer.
"Praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, and watching thereunto with all perseverance and supplication for all saints."--Ephes. vi. 18. In the last place we consider the work of the Holy Spirit in prayer. It appears from Scripture, more than has been emphasized, that in the holy act of prayer there is a manifestation of the Holy Spirit working both in us and with us. And yet this appears clearly from the apostolic word: "Likewise the Spirit helpeth also our infirmities: for …
Abraham Kuyper—The Work of the Holy Spirit

Its Meaning
Deliverance from the condemning sentence of the Divine Law is the fundamental blessing in Divine salvation: so long as we continue under the curse, we can neither be holy nor happy. But as to the precise nature of that deliverance, as to exactly what it consists of, as to the ground on which it is obtained, and as to the means whereby it is secured, much confusion now obtains. Most of the errors which have been prevalent on this subject arose from the lack of a clear view of the thing itself, and …
Arthur W. Pink—The Doctrine of Justification

Psalms
The piety of the Old Testament Church is reflected with more clearness and variety in the Psalter than in any other book of the Old Testament. It constitutes the response of the Church to the divine demands of prophecy, and, in a less degree, of law; or, rather, it expresses those emotions and aspirations of the universal heart which lie deeper than any formal demand. It is the speech of the soul face to face with God. Its words are as simple and unaffected as human words can be, for it is the genius …
John Edgar McFadyen—Introduction to the Old Testament

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