Out of the Depths - Jeremy Bell Psalm 130 I. A Cry For Mercy (verses 1-3) II. God’s Mercy Realized (verses 4-8) Steadfast love + plentiful redemption = powerful hope Questions for Discussion/Application: *Re-read the text, Psalm 130. What initial insights and observations do you have from reading this passage? *When was a time in your own life, when you asked God for help, when you said “O Lord, hear my voice!” you saw the Lord respond in a tangible way? *When God does not respond to our pleas for mercy in the way or at the time we desire and hope, how does the knowledge that “God is sovereign and God is good” help us? *Re-read verses 3-4. How do these verses point to the gospel and to Christ’s redeeming work on the Cross? *What does it mean to truly put our hope in the Lord as verse 7 calls us to? *When the psalmist speaks of God’s steadfast love in verse 7, what does he mean? What does it mean that God’s love is steadfast? *How can remembering the steadfast love of the Lord strengthen our hope in God? *In what situations in your life presently are you finding that having hope is a struggle? *Consider taking time to pray, asking God to fill us with His Holy Spirit, and strengthen our hope in the Lord.