866 FORGIVENESS OF SIN. giveness which is with God. And as before mentioned, there are two things in general that the soul in that condition applies itself to; of which the first respects itself, and the other the whole Israel of God. That which respects itself is the description of the frame of heart and spirit into which the Psalmist was brought upon faith's discovery of forgiveness in God, with the duty to which he applied himself; the grounds of it, and the manner of its performance : I wait for the Lord, my soul loth wail, and in his word do I hope. .My soul waiteth for the Lord, more than they that watch for the morning : I say, more than they that watch for the morning. verses 5, 6. The words rendered strictly, or word for word, Iie thus : " I have earnestly expected Jehovah; my soul hath expected, and in his word I have tarried (or waited.) My soul to the Lord, more than (or before) the watch- men in the morning; the watchmen in the morning; (or unto the morning.") " I have wailed, or expected;" the word in the original signifies to expect, to hope, to wait. It denotes to be in- tent on any one with great desire; to behold or regard him, and to depend upon him; and it also expresses the earnest inclination and intention of the will and mind. Paul seems to have expressed this word to the full, Rom. 8 : 19, by apokaradokia, an intent or earnest ex- pectation, expressing itself by putting forth the head, and looking round with .earnestness and diligence. And this is also signified expressly by this word, Psalm 49 : 20, in the Hebrew, " And I looked for some to take pity." I looked round about,, this way and that way, diligently and solicitously, to see if any would pity me,
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