Commentaries and Other Bible Study Helps - Prayer Tents - Prayer Tents

130:5-8 I Earnestly Wait for the Lord to Hear Me. The pious person now sings, I wait for the Lord, and in his word I hope, probably specifically for the word of forgiveness connected with the sacrifices to be offered (e.g., Lev. 4:21). This waiting proceeds to assurance, as each singer invites everyone else to hope in the Lord, with whom there is steadfast love and plentiful redemption. The Lord is the one who will redeem Israel from all his iniquities, i.e., deliver them from the penalties their iniquities deserve (on "redeem," see note on Ps. 25:22). The ideal Israel is a people where every single member readily acknowledges his or her dependence on God's mercy and grace.