For some existentialist philosophers, being is not linked to anything. The idea is that ‘nothing’ defines life, leaving human beings, condemned for freedom, to decide what they want to be, everyone feels this, nausea, in their own way, implying in some way the impossibility of dogmatizing anxiety. the postmodern man insensitive to the Gospel decides to see life in despair.
How, how do people who trust in the God revealed in the scriptures respond to anguish?Psalm 130 is a penitential psalm. In this document, pilgrims prayed, recognizing their sins before God with the gentle perspective of forgiveness. Luther, for example, said that Psalm 130 was a type of ”Pauline Scripture’ of the Old Testament. Without a doubt, Psalm 130 is a miniature of the gospel.
- Psalm 130 is also appreciated by the Christian tradition to indicate the path of grace for those who are in the “deep”.
- Pilgrims knew what it meant to get to the bottom.
- However.
- Even on the dark night of the soul.
- They learned to fix their eyes on God’s mercy.
- So let’s see what this psalm teaches us.
At one point in their lives, pilgrims met in the “abyss. This expression indicates a person’s feeling drowning under the sea. Depressed, carried by the depression of the soul, feeling the weight of life on their shoulders, the pilgrims plucked their souls before the Lord, crying out help from above.
The pilgrim addresses the Lord in the form of a cry, aware of the anguish, before the world broken head on, lamenting his own sins, the psalmist does not indulge in a meaningless existence, but seeks in the Lord forgiveness, peace . and hope beyond the depths.
The pilgrim knows that they are all sinners. In verse 3, the Psalmist recognizes that he sees all things and that no wickedness goes unnoticed in his eyes. It was as if I was saying, “Lord, I can’t deny my sins!”we know that the Psalmist, above all, was overwhelmed by his own sins.
Carried by anguish in verse 4, the pilgrim looks to the Lord and sees in God’s grace the hope of forgiveness. He also imagines, because of God’s grace, a life under the fear of the Lord. Attracted by grace, the pilgrim sees paved the path of obedience.
Look at the dynamics of grace: does the Psalmist describe himself at the bottom of the well, but, struck by God’s grace, begin to have new goals in life?He’s hopeful. Just as a soldier expects it to dawn, the Psalmist, confident in the word of the Lord, expects sweet communion with God.
Looking aside, the Psalmist met other pilgrims, and as someone who has a testimony to bear, he says: My brethren, wait on the Lord that there is abundant redemption in him. is the forgiveness and restoration of communion!
Have you ever felt suffocated? So, what are you doing?Deep in depression, the pilgrim sought out the Lord, asked for help, what wonderful news!Even when every weight of the world seems to suffocate, we can seek the Lord with confidence in His mercy. Do not surrender to despair, on the other hand, give all your despair to the Lord.
The weight of sin is terrible. Sin separates us from God and, far from God, human beings never find peace. The Psalmist was not desperate for an abstraction of “nothing” but for the lack of communion with God. Is this the great anguish of sinners?
Psalm 130 is a kind of Roman 3 of the Old Testament. Surrounded by sin, the only hope for sinners is to rely on God’s merciful forgiveness. In the Old Testament, there was a sacrificial victim who was sacrificed instead of the sinner. In the New Testament, we are told that Jesus, the Lamb of God, was sacrificed in our place, so through Jesus we can have peace with God, forgiveness, and justification.
Do not bear the weight that suffocates your soul as if the world does not make sense, put all your concern on God, trust in what Jesus did for you, Christ can deliver you from guilt and restore meaning to your life to God Turn to Jesus!There is abundant redemption in it!