Watching for the morning
sunrise watch on Padre Island last year Today the Rejoice devotional uses Psalm 130 as the focus. In the updated version of the Revised Standard Version, it reads like this: Out of the depths I cry to you, O Lord. Lord, hear my voice! Let your ears be attentive to the voice of my supplications! If you, O LORD, should mark iniquities, Lord, who could stand? But there is forgiveness with you, So that you may be revered. I wait for the LORD; my soul waits, and in his word I hope; my soul waits for the Lord more than those who watch for the morning, more than those who watch for the morning. O Israel, hope in the LORD! For with the LORD there is steadfast love, and with him is great power to redeem, It is he who will redeem Israel from all its iniquities. My study Bible describes this as a psalm of individual lament and repentance. I agree. In the last part, though, there is a corporate affirmation and call for hope. Today, I come to this reading overwhelmed by the need f...
