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Verse Psalms 116:2. _BECAUSE HE HATH INCLINED HIS EAR_] The psalmist
represents himself to be so sick and weak, that he could scarcely
speak. The Lord, in condescension to this weakness, is here consi...
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BECAUSE HE HATH INCLINED HIS EAR UNTO ME - See the notes at Psalms
5:1. Because he has been gracious to me, and has heard my prayers.
This is a pood reason for serving God, or for devoting ourselves t...
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Psalms 116
The Praise of Israel for Deliverance from Death
_ 1. The Deliverance-Experience (Psalms 116:1)_
2. Thanksgiving (Psalms 116:10)
Redeemed Israel expresseth in this Psalm her love to Jeho...
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CXVI. A SONG OF COMFORT IN AFFLICTION. There is nothing to justify the
division into two Pss. (_a_) Psalms 116:1, (_b_) Psalms 116:10 (LXX);
the same theme in its double aspect is continued throughout...
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DISCOURSE: 689
THANKSGIVING FOR DELIVERANCE
Psalms 116:1. 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...
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_VER. 2_. _I will preach, proclaim,_ or _sing aloud of his goodness._
This place, and also Psalms 116:13 seem to require this sense of
_akra._ Fenwick....
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PSALMS 116
DESCRIPTIVE TITLE
Individual Thanks for Deliverance from Peril of Death.
ANALYSIS
Stanza I., Psalms 116:1-4, With Profession of Love the Psalmist
Describes his Peril and Prayer. Stanza I...
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Psalms 115-118 were probably the hymns sung by our Lord and His
disciples. Some modern scholars, however, deny this, on the ground
that, in Christ's time, the Hallel was only in its beginning, and
con...
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Psalms 107:150
_GORDON CHURCHYARD_
HE SAVED ME!
PSALMS 116
Jesus said, "If the Son (of God) makes you free, you will be really
free!" (John 8
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If we take translation (1) of Psalms 116:1 this verse will state the
ground of the longing to pray. “I have longed for Jehovah to hear me
now, for He, as in past times, inclines His ear to me.” The la...
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כִּֽי ־הִטָּ֣ה אָזְנֹ֣ו לִ֑י וּ בְ
יָמַ֥י
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Psalms 116:1
THIS psalm is intensely individual. "I," "me," or "my" occurs in every
verse but two (Psalms 116:5, Psalms 116:19). The singer is but
recently delivered from some peril, and his song heav...
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HE DELIVERED MY SOUL
Psalms 116:1
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...
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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 practicall...
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Because he hath inclined his ear unto me, therefore will I call upon
[him] (b) as long as I live.
(b) That is in convenient time to seek help, which was when he was in
distress....
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_Remaineth is not in Hebrew. Mercy and truth confirm us. (Haydock) ---
The psalmist acknowledges that he also stands in need of them, and St.
John assures us, that grace and truth came by Jesus Christ...
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If we compare scripture with scripture, and read that part of Psalms
91:1, which evidently and plainly refers to Christ, I think the
likeness between that scripture and this, may allow us to suppose t...
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Psalms 116 celebrates this deliverance when they were at the very
point of death. Jehovah had heard them, and they would walk before the
Lord in the land of the living. In this view it is a continual...
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BECAUSE HE HATH INCLINED HIS EAR UNTO ME,.... Not as hard of hearing,
for his ear is not heavy that it cannot hear; he is quick of hearing,
and his ears are always open to the righteous; it rather den...
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Because he hath inclined his ear unto me, therefore will I call upon
[him] as long as I live.
_Ver 2. Because he hath inclined his ear_] As loth to lose any part of
my prayer, though never so weakly...
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_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
thi...
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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 publi...
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Because He hath inclined His ear unto me, in the attitude of willing
attention, THEREFORE WILL I CALL UPON HIM AS LONG AS I LIVE, in
prayers both of thanksgiving and of further supplication. He now
pi...
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1-9 We have many reasons for loving the Lord, but are most affected
by his loving-kindness when relieved out of deep distress. When a poor
sinner is awakened to a sense of his state, and fears that h...
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Heb. _in my days_; as long as I have a day to live, as this phrase is
used, 2 KINGS 20:19 ISAIAH 39:8. Compare JOB 27:6....
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Psalms 116:2 inclined H5186 (H8689) ear H241 call H7121 (H8799) live
H3117
therefore -...
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We have read this Psalm many times, let us read it now, not regarding
it so much as the language of the psalmist uttered thousands of years
ago, as our own language at this moment.
Psalms 116:1. _I l...
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Psalms 116:1. _I love the LORD, because he hath heard my voice and my
supplications._
Every answered prayer should make us love the Lord, and especially
those prayers that come up from our heart when...
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We have read this Psalm many times, and have often felt it to be a
photograph of our own spiritual experience; but we will, on this
occasion, read it from one special point of view. Please notice that...
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Psalms 116:1. _I love the LORD, because he hath heard my voice and my
supplications._
You cannot help loving God if he has heard your prayers. Have you
tried him? If you have, you can join with David...
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It begins well.
Psalms 116:1. _I love the Lord,_
Can you say that? «Yea, Lord, thou knowest all things. Thou knowest
that I love thee.» «I love the Lord.» Love is said to be blind, but
not love to G...
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In this Psalm, David tells us his experience with regard to God and
with regard to men.
Psalms 116:1. _I love the LORD, because he hath heard my voice and my
supplications._
Answered prayer is a goo...
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I knew a godly woman who, when she was very sick, would always say,
«Read me the 116 th Psalm.» It is deservedly a great favourite with
many experienced Christians. May the Holy Spirit apply it to our...
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CONTENTS: Thanksgiving for the many gracious deliverances God had
wrought.
CHARACTERS: God, Psalmist.
CONCLUSION: The experiences we have had of God's goodness in answer to
prayer are great encourag...
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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...
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_Because He hath inclined His ear unto me, therefore will I call upon
Him as long as I live._
ANSWERS TO PRAYER CONFIRM HABITS OF PRAYER
Philip Henry, after he had been engaged in prayer for two of h...
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_I love the Lord, because He hath heard my voice and my
supplications._
CHRISTIAN EXPERIENCE AND ITS RESULTS
I. The psalm opens with a general declaration of gratitude to God, as
the hearer of praye...
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PSALM PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 116:1. This is a hymn of personal
thanksgiving for God’s care. The specific circumstance is a narrow
escape from death (vv. Psalms 116:3
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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 D...
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EXPOSITION
A PSALM of thanksgiving on deliverance from an imminent peril, placed
in the mouth of an individual, but possibly intended for liturgical
use on some occasion of a national deliverance. Hen...
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Colossians 4:2; Job 27:10; Luke 18:1; Philippians 4:6; Psalms 145:18;...