Psalm 116 1I love theLordbecause he hears my voice and my prayer for mercy. 2Because he bends down to listen, I will pray as long as I have breath! 3Death wrapped its ropes around me; the terrors of the grave[a]overtook me. ...
Read full chapter Footnotes Psalm 116:1 Countless are the distresses of human beings and countless too are the deliverances worked by God. This psalm adapts itself to diverse situations; every believer knows the mortal dangers from which the Lord has extricated him in order to bring him to ...
For my soul is full of troubles: and my life draweth nigh unto the grave. terrors Psalm 18:4,5 The sorrows of death compassed me, and the floods of ungodly men made me afraid… Psalm 116:3 The sorrows of death compassed me, and the pains of hell gat hold upon me: I found troub...
Psalm 77:20.—A. P. Stanley,Sermons on Special Occasions,p. 340; C. J. Vaughan,Memorials of Harrow Sundays,p. 116.Psalm 78:3,Psalm 78:4.—J. T. Stannard,Christian World Pulpit,vol. xviii.,p. 136.Psalm 78:5-7.—H. M. Butler,Harrow Sermons,2nd series, p. 238.Psalm 78:9.—...
116 Lord, sustain me as you promised, that I may live! Do not let my hope be crushed.117 Sustain me, and I will be rescued; then I will meditate continually on your decrees.118 But you have rejected all who stray from your decrees. They are only fooling themselves.119 You skim off...
116求你照你的话扶持我,使我存活,也不叫我因失望而害羞。 117求你扶持我,我便得救,时常看重你的律例。 118凡偏离你律例的人,你都轻弃他们,因为他们的诡诈必归虚空。 119凡地上的恶人,你除掉他,好像除掉渣滓,因此我爱你的法度。 120我因惧怕你,肉就发抖,我也怕你的判语。
Psalm 116:8 For thou hast delivered my soul from death, mine eyes from tears, and my feet from falling. 1 Samuel 2:9 He will keep the feet of his saints, and the wicked shall be silent in darkness; for by strength shall no man prevail. Romans 7:23,24 But I see another law in...
The Bible writers seem to think that the angels must be referred to by this term. But God's people are certainly called "saints" in the Psalms, as inPsalm 116:15. There may be intended a contrast between heaven and earth in this verse. Heaven above and the earth below unite to praise...
116 Uphold me according to Your word, that I may live;And do not let me be ashamed of my hope.117 [u]Hold me up, and I shall be safe,And I shall observe Your statutes continually.118 You reject all those who stray from Your statutes,For their deceit is falsehood.119 You [v]put...
Land of the living: reference to this life or to the temple (see Pss 52:7; 116:9; Isa 38:11), where the God of life is present; the psalmist is speaking of the world of the living as opposed to the world of the dead. Psalm 28:1 The psalmist calls upon God and curses his ...