Psalms 130:7

"O Israel, hope in Jehovah;

For with Jehovah there is lovingkindness,

And with him is plenteous redemption.

And he will redeem Israel

From all his iniquities."

"O Israel, hope in Jehovah" (Psalms 130:7). Such a plea as this for Israel to hope in the Lord is the equivalent of reporting that the nation of Israel at that time was certainly not doing so, else the word would have been that, "Israel hopes in Jehovah."

The revelation here is that the devout, God-fearing psalmist desired that his whole nation would also turn to the Lord and seek his forgiveness.

"He will redeem Israel from all his iniquities" (Psalms 130:8). This was not an unconditional promise. No promise of forgiveness and redemption to any person whomsoever, either in the Old Testament or the New Testament, was ever unconditional. The condition here is stated in the first clause. Let Israel hope in Jehovah, instead of hoping in their godless kings, their unbelieving Sanhedrin, their God-robbing priesthood, their hair-splitting Pharisees, and all the rest of the spiritual crutches upon which they attempted to walk. Let Israel hope in Jehovah by trusting his word and obeying it - then, and only then, will God redeem Israel from all of his iniquity.

By extension, God still promises to "Redeem Israel from all his iniquity," meaning the New Israel of God, which is the Church; but that promise is also conditional. "He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved" (Mark 16:16).