Psalm 116:1, Psalm 116:2 WEB

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann - Psalms 116:1-19

Thanksgiving for Deliverance from Extreme Perils. The psalmist proclaims the fact that he was saved from great dangers, celebrates his deliverance by giving praise to God alone, and pledges His public acknowledgment of his debt to Jehovah. v. 1. I love the Lord because He hath heard my voice and my supplications, the fact that God attended to His prayer and delivered him fills his heart with grateful love. v. 2. Because He hath inclined His ear unto me, in the attitude of willing attention,... read more

Johann Peter Lange

Lange's Commentary on the Holy Scriptures: Critical, Doctrinal and Homiletical - Psalms 116:1-19

Psalms 116:01 I love the Lord, because he hath heardMy voice and my supplications.2 Because he hath inclined his ear unto me,Therefore will I call upon him as long as I live.3 The sorrows of death compassed me,And the pains of hell gat hold upon me:I found trouble and sorrow.4 Then called I upon the name of the Lord;O Lord, I beseech thee, deliver my soul.5 Gracious is the Lord, and righteous;Yea our God is merciful.6 The Lord preserveth the simple:I was... read more

Frederick Brotherton Meyer

F.B. Meyer's 'Through the Bible' Commentary - Psalms 116:1-11

He Delivered My Soul Psalms 116:1-11 Throughout this psalm we meet the pronoun in the first person. Only in two verses, Psalms 116:15 and Psalms 116:19 , does it not so occur. There is no fear of egotism, however, when the heart of the singer overflows with divine love. Psalms 116:1-4 The psalmist here compares himself to some wild animal ensnared by the hunter and bound by the sharp cords which make free movement impossible. Bow many of God’s saints have felt the deep incision of these... read more

G. Campbell Morgan

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible - Psalms 116:1-19

This is the fourth song of the Hallel. In it the note of triumph over death, with which the last one closed, is elaborated. The singer had evidently been in some grave peril in which he had practically despaired of life. From the peril he had been delivered by Jehovah, and now he sings His praise. It has two movements. The first tells of his love, and declares its reason and its issue (vv. Psa 116:1-9 ). The second tells of his resulting faith, breaks forth into new exultation, and affirms his... read more

Arthur Peake

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 116:1-19

CXVI. A Song of Comfort in Affliction.— There is nothing to justify the division into two Pss. ( a) Psalms 116:1-1 Samuel :, ( b) Psalms 116:10-: (LXX); the same theme in its double aspect is continued throughout. Psalms 116:2 b. Read, “ and I will call on the name of Yahweh.” Psalms 116:3 . Cf. Psalms 18:4 f. Psalms 116:6 . simple: in a good sense: contrast Proverbs 1:4, etc. Psalms 116:10 a. Read, “ I believed: therefore have I spoken” (LXX, cf. 2 Corinthians 4:13). Psalms 116:11 .... read more

Joseph Exell

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Psalms 116:1-19

INTRODUCTION“This Psalm is an evidence of the truth and depth of the religious life in individuals after the return from the Exile.… It reminds us of earlier Psalms, and especially of the Psalms of David. His words must have laid hold in no common degree of the hearts of those who were heirs of his faith, and have sustained them in times of sorrow and suffering; and nothing would be more natural than that later poets would echo his strains, and mingle his words with their own, when they poured... read more

William Nicoll

Sermon Bible Commentary - Psalms 116:1

Psalms 116:1 (1) There are multitudes who are utterly careless about God, in whose minds He exists as the object neither of one feeling nor another, who never think of Him so as either to love Him or be displeased with Him. (2) There are those who think much about God, but, instead of loving Him, are full of terror of Him. (3) There are not a few who, instead of loving God, hate Him, verily hate Him. I. Notice some other species of love with the manifestations of which those of Divine love are... read more

Charles Simeon

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae - Psalms 116:1-7

DISCOURSE: 689THANKSGIVING FOR DELIVERANCEPsalms 116:1-7. I love the Lord, because he hath heard my voice and my supplications. Because he hath inclined his ear unto me, therefore will I call upon him as long as I live. The sorrows of death compassed me, and the pains of hell gat hold upon me: I found trouble and sorrow. Then called I upon the name of the Lord; O Lord, I beseech thee, deliver my soul. Gracious is the Lord, and righteous; yea, our God is merciful! The Lord preserveth the simple:... read more

Charles Haddon Spurgeon

Spurgeon's Verse Expositions of the Bible - Psalms 116:1

Prayer Answered, Love Nourished February 27th, 1859 by C. H. SPURGEON (1834-1892) "I love the Lord, because he hath heard my voice and my supplication." Psalms 116:1 . In the Christian pilgrimage it is well for the most part to be looking forward. Whether it be for hope, for joy, for consolation, or for the inspiring of our love, the future after all must be the grand object of the eye of faith. Looking into the future we see sin cast out, the body of sin and death destroyed, the soul made... read more

Joseph Sutcliffe

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - Psalms 116:1-19

It is scarcely doubted but David is the author of this psalm, and that he wrote it when in exile from Saul’s persecution, or when Absalom rebelled, or on some similar occasion of danger and grief. It is a psalm of thanksgiving for deliverance. He loved the Lord, because he had heard the voice of his supplication. Psalms 116:3 . The sorrows of death. See Psalms 18:4. Psalms 116:6 . The Lord preserveth the simple. Hebrews פתאים pethayim, the hasty, or those who offend, not through... read more