Day 11 of 15
Psalms 130
Out of the depths the psalmist cries for mercy, for with God there is forgiveness that he may be feared; his soul waits for the LORD more than watchmen for the morning.
A Song of Ascents and penitential psalm, a cry from the depths resting wholly on God's forgiveness.
“1. “Out of the deep have I called unto You, O Lord: Lord, hear my voice” Psalm 129:1. Jonas cried from the deep; from the whale's belly. Jonah 2:2 He was not only beneath the waves, but also in the entrails of the beast; nevertheless, those waves and that body prevented not his prayer from reaching God, and the beast's belly could not contain the voice of his prayer It penetrated all things, it burst through all…”
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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