Posted by
R.P. Woitowitz Sr. on Friday, July 24, 2009 2:10:25 PM
A song of degrees.
1 Out of the deep places have I called unto thee,
O Lord.
2 Lord, hear my voice: let thine ears attend to
the voice of my prayers.
3 If thou, O Lord, straightly markest iniquities,
O Lord, who shall stand?
4 But mercy is with thee, that thou mayest be
feared. (a)
5 I have waited on the Lord: my soul hath waited,
and I have trusted in his word.
6 My soul waiteth on the Lord more than the
morning watch watcheth for the morning.
7 Let Israel wait on the Lord: for with the Lord
is mercy, and with him is great redemption. (b)
8 And he shall redeem Israel from all his iniquities. (c)
(a) Verse 4
Editor’s note - For a wonderful explanation of the word mercy the reader should look to Portia’s speech from the Merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare as it captures it very well. I have used it often times here, and never cease to enjoy it.
(b) Verses 5 - 7
Psalm 27:14
Hope in the Lord: be strong, and he shall
comfort thine heart, and trust in the Lord.
Psalm 37:34
Wait thou on the Lord, and keep his way, and
he shall exalt thee, that thou shalt inherit the land:
when the wicked men shall perish, thou shalt see.
Proverbs 20:22
Say not thou, I will recompense evil, but wait
upon the Lord, and he shall save thee.
(c) Verse 8
Psalm 37:38 - 40
38 But their transgressors shall be destroyed together,
and the end of the wicked shall be cut off.
39 But the salvation of the righteous men shall
be of the Lord: he shall be their strength in the time
of trouble.
40 For the Lord shall help them, and deliver them:
he shall deliver them from the wicked, and shall save
them, because they trust in him.
Lamentations 3:58
57 Thou drewest near in the day that I called upon
thee: thou saidest, Fear not.
58 O Lord, thou hast maintained the cause of my
soul, and hast redeemed my life.
59 O Lord, thou hast seen my wrong, judge thou
my cause.
Luke 24:21, 46 - 47
But we trusted that it had been he that should
have delivered Israel, and as touching all these things,
today is the third day, that they were done.
46 And said unto them, Thus is it written, and
thus it behooved Christ to suffer, and to rise again
from the dead the third day,
47 And that repentance, and remission of sins
should be preached in his Name among all nations,
beginning at Jerusalem
Galatians 3:13
Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the
Law, made a curse for us, (for it is written, Cursed
is everyone that hangeth on tree.)
Revelations 5:9
And they sung a new song, saying, Thou
art worthy to take the book, and to open the seals
thereof, because thou wast killed, and hast redeemed
us to God by thy blood out of every kindred, and
tongue, and people, and nation.