| Psalms 129:1
| A gradual canticle. Out of the depths I have cried to thee, O Lord:
| Canticle. David might compose it after his sin, though it might suit the captives, and all sinners, as well as the souls in purgatory. (Berthier) --- It has long been recited in their behalf. (Worthington) --- Depths of the prison of expiation, or from this vale of misery, (Berthier) captivity, (Calmet) and from the bottom of my heart. (St. Chrysostom)
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| Psalms 129:2
| Lord, hear my voice. Let thy ears be attentive to the voice of my supplication.
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| Psalms 129:3
| If thou, O Lord, wilt mark iniquities; Lord, who shall stand?
| Mark. Hebrew, "observe or keep." --- It. Hebrew, "who shall stand upright, (Calmet) or make opposition." (Haydock) --- We all stand in need of mercy, as none can stand before the rigours of divine justice. (Worthington) Si quoties homines peccant, sua fulmina mittat Jupiter, exiguo tempore inermis erit. (Trist. 2:) (Haydock)
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| Psalms 129:4
| For with thee there is merciful forgiveness: and by reason of thy law, I have waited for thee, O Lord. My soul hath relied on his word:
| Law. That promises of pardon contained therein. (Worthington) --- Hebrew is now different from what the ancient interpreters read. (Calmet) --- "Therefore shalt thou be feared." (Montanus) (Haydock) --- Symmachus and Theodotion agree with us.
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| Psalms 129:5
| My soul hath hoped in the Lord.
| Word. And promises that the captivity should end, (Calmet) and sin be remitted. (Haydock)
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| Psalms 129:6
| From the morning watch even until night, let Israel hope in the Lord.
| From. Or Hebrew, "more than the morning watch; yea, more than the morning watch." I expect my deliverance with greater eagerness than sentinels do the return of morning. All the day and night long I am filled with these sentiments. (Calmet) --- The hope of penitents resembles the watches of the day, which are more comfortable than those of the night. (Worthington)
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| Psalms 129:7
| Because with the Lord there is mercy; and with him plentiful redemption.
| Redemption. Our Saviour affords the greatest consolation. (Worthington) --- He will save the people, Matthew 1:21., and 1 John 2:2. (Berthier)
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| Psalms 129:8
| And he shall redeem Israel from all his iniquities.
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