Psalm 116:1

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Psalms 116:1-9

In this part of the psalm we have, I. A general account of David's experience, and his pious resolutions (Ps. 116:1, 2), which are as the contents of the whole psalm, and give an idea of it. 1. He had experienced God's goodness to him in answer to prayer: He has heard my voice and my supplications. David, in straits, had humbly and earnestly begged mercy of God, and God had heard him, that is, had graciously accepted his prayer, taken cognizance of his case, and granted him an answer of peace.... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 116:1

I love the Lord ,.... As the Messiah, David's antitype, did; of which he gave the fullest proof by his obedience to his will; and as David, the man after God's own heart, did, and as every good man does; and the Lord is to be loved for the perfections of his nature, and especially as they are displayed in Christ, and salvation by him; and for his works of creation, providence, and grace, and particularly for his great love shown in redemption, regeneration, and other blessings of grace, as... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 116:1

I love the Lord because he hath heard - How vain and foolish is the talk, "To love God for his benefits to us is mercenary, and cannot be pure love!" Whether pure or impure, there is no other love that can flow from the heart of the creature to its Creator. We love him, said the holiest of Christ's disciples, because he first loved us; and the increase of our love and filial obedience is in proportion to the increased sense we have of our obligation to him. We love him for the benefits... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 116:1

Verse 1 1I have loved, because Jehovah will hear the voice of my supplication. At the very commencement of this psalm David avows that he was attracted with the sweetness of God’s goodness, to place his hope and confidence in him alone. This abrupt mode of speaking,I have loved, is the more emphatic, intimating that he could receive joy and repose nowhere but in God. We know that our hearts will be always wandering after fruitless pleasures, and harassed with care, until God knit them to... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 116:1

I love the Lord, because he hath heard ; literally, I love , because the Lord ( Jehovah ) hath heard . The object of this love is not expressed, but can only be Jehovah. Still, the grammatical construction is unusual, and has caused the suggestion of an emendation. For אהבתי Professor Cheyne would read האמנתי as at the beginning of Psalms 116:10 . My voice and my supplications ; literally, my voice , my supplications— the latter expression being exegetical of the... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 116:1

I love the Lord, because. I. WE MIGHT FILL UP THE TEXT IN MANY WAYS . As St. John does, "because God first loved us." Or because of what he is in himself. Or because of what he has done for us, is doing, and will do for us or for others dear to us. And there are other ways still. II. HOW IT IS FILLED UP . "Because he hath heard my voice," etc. God's heating of our prayer is the reason given for loving him. 1. Now , can we say this? Not if we never... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 116:1

The various bases on which love rests. A tradition associates this psalm with the serious sickness of Hezekiah. It may not be a trustworthy tradition. The Aramaisms of the language suggest that it belongs to the time of the restored exiles. It is a psalm of one who passed through a similar sickness to that of Hezekiah; and we are justified in illustrating the psalm from the experiences of the good king. The writer was evidently a man who had been brought through a sickness which had... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 116:1-2

An introduction, in which the writer declares his love to God, and his resolution to call on him continually, on ac count of his having been delivered from an imminent peril. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 116:1-9

God the Deliverer. I. CELEBRATES A GREAT DELIVERANCE . ( Psalms 116:3-8 .) 1. From threatened death . ( Psalms 116:3 .) 2. From the pains of the unseen world or of death . ( Psalms 116:3 .) 3. His whole nature is troubled and sorrowful . ( Psalms 116:3 .) II. THE MEANS OR INSTRUMENTS OF HIS DELIVERANCE . 1. Prayer . ( Psalms 116:1-4 .) 2. The goodness and mercy of Go d. ( Psalms 116:5 , Psalms 116:6 .) III. THE ... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Psalms 116:1-9

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 116:1

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 116:1

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 116:1

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 116:1

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 116:1

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 116:1

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