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Psalm 130

Psalm 130^[a]

A song of ascents.^[b]

130 From the deep water^[c] I cry out to you, O Lord.
²O Lord, listen to me.^[d]
Pay attention to^[e] my plea for mercy.
³If you, O Lord, were to keep track of^[f] sins,
O Lord, who could stand before you?^[g]
⁴But^[h] you are willing to forgive,^[i]
so that you might^[j] be honored.^[k]
⁵I rely on^[l] the Lord.
I rely on him with my whole being;^[m]
I wait for his assuring word.^[n]
⁶I yearn for the Lord,^[o]
more than watchmen do for the morning,
yes, more than watchmen do for the morning.^[p]
⁷O Israel, hope in the Lord,
for the Lord exhibits loyal love,^[q]
and is more than willing to deliver.^[r]
⁸He will deliver^[s] Israel
from all their sins.^[t]

Footnotes

Psalm 130:1 sn Psalm 130. The psalmist, confident of the Lord’s forgiveness, cries out to the Lord for help in the midst of his suffering and urges Israel to do the same.
Psalm 130:1 sn The precise significance of this title, which appears in Pss 120-134, is unclear. Perhaps worshipers recited these psalms when they ascended the road to Jerusalem to celebrate annual religious festivals. For a discussion of their background see L. C. Allen, Psalms 101-150 (WBC), 219-21.
Psalm 130:1 tn Heb “depths,” that is, deep waters (see Ps 69:2, 14; Isa 51:10), a metaphor for the life-threatening danger faced by the psalmist.
Psalm 130:2 tn Heb “my voice.”
Psalm 130:2 tn Heb “may your ears be attentive to the voice of.”
Psalm 130:3 tn Heb “observe.”
Psalm 130:3 tn The words “before you” are supplied in the translation for clarification. The psalmist must be referring to standing before God’s judgment seat. The rhetorical question expects the answer, “No one.”
Psalm 130:4 tn Or “surely.”
Psalm 130:4 tn Heb “for with you [there is] forgiveness.”
Psalm 130:4 tn Or “consequently you are.”
Psalm 130:4 tn Heb “feared.”
Psalm 130:5 tn Or “wait for.”
Psalm 130:5 tn Heb “my soul waits.”
Psalm 130:5 tn Heb “his word.”
Psalm 130:6 tn Heb “my soul for the master.”
Psalm 130:6 tn Heb “more than watchmen for the morning, watchmen for the morning.” The words “yes, more” are supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons.
Psalm 130:7 tn Heb “for with the Lord [is] loyal love.”
Psalm 130:7 tn Heb “and abundantly with him [is] redemption.”
Psalm 130:8 tn Or “redeem.”
Psalm 130:8 tn Or “all the consequences of their sins.” The Hebrew noun עָוֹן (ʿavon) can refer to sin, the guilt sin produces, or the consequences of sin. Only here is the noun collocated with the verb פָּדָה (padah, “to redeem; to deliver”). The psalmist may refer to deliverance from the national consequences of sin or forgiveness per se (v. 4). See L. C. Allen, Psalms 101-150 (WBC), 192.

1 Samuel 19:18-24

¹⁸Now David had run away and escaped. He went to Samuel in Ramah and told him everything that Saul had done to him. Then he and Samuel went and stayed at Naioth. ¹⁹It was reported to Saul saying, “David is at Naioth in Ramah.” ²⁰So Saul sent messengers to capture David. When they saw a company of prophets prophesying with Samuel standing there as their leader, the Spirit of God came upon Saul’s messengers, and they also prophesied. ²¹When it was reported to Saul, he sent more messengers, but they prophesied too. So Saul sent messengers a third time, but they also prophesied. ²²Finally Saul^[a] himself went to Ramah. When he arrived at the large cistern that is in Secu, he asked, “Where are Samuel and David?” They said, “At Naioth in Ramah.”

²³So Saul went to Naioth in Ramah. The Spirit of God came upon him as well, and he walked along prophesying until he came to Naioth in Ramah. ²⁴He even stripped off his clothes and prophesied before Samuel. He lay there^[b] naked all that day and night. (For that reason it is asked, “Is Saul also among the prophets?”)

2 Corinthians 7:2-16

²Make room for us in your hearts;^[a] we have wronged no one, we have ruined no one,^[b] we have exploited no one.^[c] ³I do not say this to condemn you, for I told you before^[d] that you are in our hearts so that we die together and live together with you.^[e]

A Letter That Caused Sadness

⁴I have great confidence in you; I take great pride^[f] on your behalf. I am filled with encouragement;^[g] I am overflowing with joy in the midst of^[h] all our suffering. ⁵For even when we came into Macedonia, our body^[i] had no rest at all, but we were troubled in every way—struggles from the outside, fears from within. ⁶But God, who encourages^[j] the downhearted, encouraged^[k] us by the arrival of Titus. ⁷We were encouraged^[l] not only by his arrival, but also by the encouragement^[m] you gave^[n] him, as he reported to us your longing, your mourning,^[o] your deep concern^[p] for me, so that I rejoiced more than ever. ⁸For even if I made you sad^[q] by my letter,^[r] I do not regret having written it^[s] (even though I did regret it,^[t] for^[u] I see that my letter made you sad,^[v] though only for a short time). ⁹Now I rejoice, not because you were made sad,^[w] but because you were made sad to the point of repentance. For you were made sad as God intended,^[x] so that you were not harmed^[y] in any way by us. ¹⁰For sadness as intended by God produces a repentance that leads to salvation, leaving no regret, but worldly sadness brings about death. ¹¹For see what this very thing, this sadness^[z] as God intended, has produced in you: what eagerness, what defense of yourselves,^[aa] what indignation,^[ab] what alarm, what longing, what deep concern,^[ac] what punishment!^[ad] In everything you have proved yourselves to be innocent in this matter. ¹²So then, even though I wrote to you, it was not on account of the one who did wrong, or on account of the one who was wronged, but to reveal to you your eagerness on our behalf^[ae] before God. ¹³Therefore we have been encouraged. And in addition to our own encouragement, we rejoiced even more at the joy of Titus, because all of you have refreshed his spirit.^[af] ¹⁴For if I have boasted to him about anything concerning you, I have not been embarrassed by you,^[ag] but just as everything we said to you was true,^[ah] so our boasting to Titus about you^[ai] has proved true as well. ¹⁵And his affection for you is much greater^[aj] when he remembers the obedience of you all, how you welcomed him with fear and trembling. ¹⁶I rejoice because in everything I am fully confident in you.

Footnotes

2 Corinthians 7:2 tn The phrase “in your hearts” is not in the Greek text, but is implied.
2 Corinthians 7:2 tn “We have ruined no one” may refer to financial loss (“we have caused no one to suffer financial loss”) but it may also refer to the undermining of faith (“we have corrupted no one’s faith,”). Both options are mentioned in L&N 20.23.
2 Corinthians 7:2 tn Or “we have taken advantage of no one.”
2 Corinthians 7:3 sn See 2 Cor 1:4-7.
2 Corinthians 7:3 tn The words “with you” are not in the Greek text, but are implied.
2 Corinthians 7:4 tn Grk “great is my boasting.”
2 Corinthians 7:4 tn Or “comfort.”
2 Corinthians 7:4 tn Grk “I am overflowing with joy in all our suffering”; the words “in the midst of” are not in the Greek text but are supplied to clarify that Paul is not rejoicing in the suffering itself, but in his relationship with the Corinthians in the midst of all his suffering.
2 Corinthians 7:5 tn Grk “our flesh.”
2 Corinthians 7:6 tn Or “comforts,” “consoles.”
2 Corinthians 7:6 tn Or “comforted,” “consoled.”
2 Corinthians 7:7 tn Because of the length and complexity of this Greek sentence, a new sentence was started here in the translation by supplying the phrase “We were encouraged.”
2 Corinthians 7:7 tn Or “comfort,” “consolation.”
2 Corinthians 7:7 tn Grk “by the encouragement with which he was encouraged by you.” The passive construction was translated as an active one in keeping with contemporary English style, and the repeated word “encouraged” was replaced in the translation by “gave” to avoid redundancy in the translation.
2 Corinthians 7:7 tn Or “your grieving,” “your deep sorrow.”
2 Corinthians 7:7 tn Or “your zeal.”
2 Corinthians 7:8 tn Grk “if I grieved you.”
2 Corinthians 7:8 sn My letter. Paul is referring to the “severe” letter mentioned in 2 Cor 2:4.
2 Corinthians 7:8 tn Grk “I do not regret”; direct objects in Greek must often be supplied from the context. Here one could simply supply “it,” but since Paul is referring to the effects of his previous letter, clarity is improved if “having written it” is supplied.
2 Corinthians 7:8 tn Grk “I did regret”; the direct object “it” must be supplied from the context.
2 Corinthians 7:8 tc A few significant mss (P^46c B D* it sa) lack γάρ (gar, “for”), while the majority of witnesses have it (א C D¹ F G Ψ 0243 33 1739 1881 M sy bo). Even though P^46* omits γάρ, it has the same sense (viz., a subordinate clause) because it reads the participle βλέπων (blepōn, “seeing”; the Vulgate does the same). A decision is difficult because although the overwhelming external evidence is on the side of the conjunction, the lack of γάρ is a significantly harder reading, for the whole clause is something of an anacoluthon. Without the conjunction, the sentence reads more harshly. This would fit with Paul’s “vehemence of spirit” (A. T. Robertson, A Grammar of the Greek New Testament, 435) that is found especially in 2 Corinthians and Galatians. However, the mss that omit the conjunction are prone to such tendencies at times. In this instance, the conjunction should probably stand.
2 Corinthians 7:8 tn Grk “my letter grieved you.”
2 Corinthians 7:9 tn Grk “were grieved” (so also twice later in the verse).
2 Corinthians 7:9 tn Grk “corresponding to God,” that is, corresponding to God’s will (κατὰ θεόν, kata theon). The same phrase occurs in vv. 10 and 11.
2 Corinthians 7:9 tn Grk “so that you did not suffer loss.”
2 Corinthians 7:11 tn Grk “this very thing, to be grieved.”
2 Corinthians 7:11 tn The words “of yourselves” are not in the Greek text but are implied.
2 Corinthians 7:11 sn What indignation refers to the Corinthians’ indignation at the offender.
2 Corinthians 7:11 tn Or “what zeal.”
2 Corinthians 7:11 sn That is, punishment for the offender.
2 Corinthians 7:12 tn Grk “but in order that your eagerness on our behalf might be revealed to you.”
2 Corinthians 7:13 tn Or “all of you have put his mind at ease.”
2 Corinthians 7:14 tn Grk “I have not been put to shame”; the words “by you” are not in the Greek text but are implied.
2 Corinthians 7:14 tn Grk “just as we spoke everything to you in truth.”
2 Corinthians 7:14 tn The words “about you” are not in the Greek text but are implied.
2 Corinthians 7:15 tn Or “is all the more.”

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Revised Common Lectionary (Semicontinuous)

Psalm 130[a]

A song of ascents.[b]

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A Letter That Caused Sadness

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Psalm 130^[a]

A song of ascents.^[b]