Psalm 116:1, Psalm 116:2 WEB

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 116:1-19

Danger and deliverance. It is probable that the danger to which the psalmist was exposed was due to a very serious illness, threatening to end in death. It is certain that this is the most common danger we have to confront now. We look, therefore, at— I. A RECURRING EVIL IN OUR MORTAL LIFE — SICKNESS . With so complicated a structure as the human frame, and so intricate a system as that which has to be kept in working order, if we are to be in perfect health, it is no... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Psalms 116:1

I love the Lord - The Hebrew rather means, “I love, because the Lord hath heard,” etc. That is, the psalmist was conscious of love; he felt it glowing in his soul; his heart was full of that special joy, tenderness, kindness, peace, which love produces; and the source or reason of this, he says, was that the Lord had heard him in his prayers.Because he hath heard ... - That is, This fact was a reason for loving him. The psalmist does not say that this was the only reason, or the main reason for... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Psalms 116:1-2

Psalms 116:1-2. I love the Lord Hebrew, I love, because the Lord hath heard my voice. “The soul, transported with gratitude and love, seems, at first, to express her affection without declaring its object, as thinking that all the world must know who is the person intended. Thus Mary Magdalene, at the sepulchre, though no previous mention had been made of Jesus, says to one, whom she thought to be the gardener, Sir, if thou hast borne him hence, &c. John 20:15. And ought not the... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Psalms 116:1-19

Psalms 115-117 Saved from deathGod was always faithful to Israel, though the Israelites were often unfaithful to him. Their sins brought God’s punishment upon them, causing their pagan neighbours to mock them with the accusation that their God was unable to help them and had deserted them (115:1-2). The Israelites reply that their God is alive and in full control. The pagan gods, by contrast, are useless, and the reason they are useless is that they are lifeless. Those who trust in them will... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Psalms 116:1

the LORD. Hebrew. Jehovah. App-4 . My voice and my supplications = My supplicating voice. Figure of speech Hendiadys. App-6 . So some codices, with Septuagint, Syriac, and Vulgate, read "the voice of my supplication". read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Psalms 116:1

PSALM 116PRAISING GOD FOR RECOVERY FROM SERIOUS ILLNESSAs an introduction here, we submit these discerning words of Derek Kidner.There is an infectious delight and a touching gratitude about this psalm, the personal tribute of a man whose prayer has found an overwhelming answer. He has come now to the temple to tell the whole assembly what has happened, and to offer God what he had vowed to him in his extremity.[1]This writer feels an especially deep appreciation for this psalm, because three... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Psalms 116:1

Psalms 116:0. The Psalmist professeth his love and duty to God for his deliverance: he studieth to be thankful. THIS psalm was probably written by David upon his deliverance from Absalom's rebellion; though some think that it was composed by Esdras at the return of the Jews from Babylon. The Jews were accustomed to sing this psalm with some others after their passover; for which, doubtless, they had the direction of some of their prophets, who saw that it represented Christ, the true paschal... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Psalms 116:1

1, 2. A truly grateful love will be evinced by acts of worship, which calling on God expresses (Psalms 116:13; Psalms 55:16; Psalms 86:7; compare Psalms 17:6; Psalms 31:2). read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Psalms 116:1-2

1. A promise to praise God from a loving heart 116:1-2The psalmist loved God because the Lord had granted his prayer request. Consequently he promised to continue praying to Him as long as he lived. This expression of love for God is unusual in the psalms. More often the psalmists spoke of their respect for Yahweh. This writer was uncommonly affectionate. read more