In Psalm 130 we’re shown one way to approach our Righteous God: crying out

honestly, demanding God’s attention, but also remembering his compassion

and mercy. Even more, as a “Psalm of Ascent,” the poet of Psalm 130 insists

that waiting is a legitimate and embodied prayer. Waiting is an under-rated

theme in the whole of the scriptures, and the second half of this Psalm

gives us some encouragement in how to embrace waiting as a spiritual

practice in our own lives. Ultimately, we wait for Jesus’ return to set all

things right, and as he is even now “making all things new,” we wait in the

now-and-not-yet of his Kingdom, in hope.