Psalm 116:6

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Psalms 116:6

The simple; sincere and plain-hearted persons, who dare not use those frauds and crafty and wicked artifices in saving themselves or destroying their enemies, but wait upon God with honest hearts in his way and for his time of deliverance; which was the case of David, who, though he had the prospect and the promise of the kingdom, yet would not make haste to it by indirect courses, as by cutting off Saul, when he had great provocation and fair opportunity to do it; of which see 1 Samuel 24:0; 1... 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

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

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

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Psalms 116:1-19

Psalms 116:1-19I love the Lord, because He hath heard my voice and my supplications. Christian experience and its resultsI. The psalm opens with a general declaration of gratitude to God, as the hearer of prayer (verse 1).I. The true believer is a man of prayer.2. Another feature of the child of God is conviction of sin (verse 3).3. He is one who can testify that the Lord has answered his prayers: one who has tasted the sweetness of Divine mercy (verses 5, 6, 8).4. He seeks his happiness from... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Psalms 116:6

Psalms 116:6I was brought low and He helped me. God’s method of helpingThousands of times has this experience of the psalmist been repeated. It is the Divine method. Bring low and then help. Cast down and then lift up. There are some diseases of the human system which the skilful physician thus treats. He begins at once to deplete and bring down the patient, reducing him little by little till the unskilled observer trembles lest life itself will depart. But at the right moment when the disease... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Psalms 116:6

Psa 116:6 The LORD preserveth the simple: I was brought low, and he helped me. Ver. 6. The Lord preserveth, the simple ] Heb. the persuasible (opposed to the scorner, Pro 19:25 ), the plain hearted (opposed to the guileful, 2 Corinthians 1:12 ; 2Co 11:3 Rom 16:19 ), the destitute of human help, that committeth himself to God, and patiently resteth on him for support and help, Psalms 102:1-17 . I was brought low ] Or, drawn dry; I was at a great under, at a low ebb; I was exhausted or emptied... read more

Samuel Bagster

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - Psalms 116:6

preserveth: Psalms 19:7, Psalms 25:21, Isaiah 35:8, Matthew 11:25, Romans 16:19, 2 Corinthians 1:12, 2 Corinthians 11:3, Colossians 3:22 I was: Psalms 79:8, Psalms 106:43, Psalms 142:6 Reciprocal: Psalms 4:1 - thou Psalms 16:1 - Preserve Psalms 136:23 - in our low estate read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 116:6

6. Simple Not here such as want understanding. (as Proverbs 1:4; Proverbs 1:22,) but such as are of pure, unmixed, guileless hearts, to whom the promise is always due, (Psalms 19:7; Psalms 119:130;) the childlike spirit. Psalms 8:2; Matthew 11:25. Brought low Reduced to wretchedness, as in Psalms 116:3; Judges 6:6; Psalms 79:8 read more

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