Kretzmann's Popular Commentary
Psalms 116:15
Precious in the sight of the Lord, esteemed very highly by Him, is the death of His saints, that is, He will not readily let death take them away from before Him.
Precious in the sight of the Lord, esteemed very highly by Him, is the death of His saints, that is, He will not readily let death take them away from before Him.
Verse Psalms 116:15. _PRECIOUS IN THE SIGHT OF THE LORD_] Many have understood this verse as meaning, "the saints are too precious in the Lord's sight, lightly to give them over to death:" and this, _...
PRECIOUS IN THE SIGHT OF THE LORD IS THE DEATH OF HIS SAINTS - Of his people; his friends. Luther renders this, “The death of his saints is held to be of value” - (ist werth gehalten) - “before the Lo...
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...
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...
PRECIOUS. See note on 1 Samuel 3:1. SAINTS. separated ones....
DISCOURSE: 692 THE DEATH OF SAINTS PRECIOUS Psalms 116:15. _Previous in the sight of the Lord is the death of his saints._ THE meaning of these words will be best marked from the occasion on which we...
PRECIOUS IN THE SIGHT OF THE LORD— The word _precious_ is not here so to be understood as to signify that which is spoken of to be _desireable to_ or _in the sight of the Lord;_ for it is the life, an...
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...
Precious in the sight of the LORD is the death of his saints. PRECIOUS IN THE SIGHT OF THE LORD IS THE DEATH OF HIS SAINTS - the ground of the Psalmist's obligation to thanksgiving; namely, the Lo...
116:15 saints. (e-12) _ Chasid_ . see Psalms 30:4 ....
PRECIOUS] i.e. of such consequence to God that He will require penalties for it....
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...
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
PRECIOUS... — This is only another form of the statement in Psalms 72:14. But again we have to ask why the thought of death should intrude upon the psalmist at this moment. (See Note, Psalms 115:17.)...
יָ֭קָר בְּ עֵינֵ֣י יְהוָ֑ה הַ֝ מָּ֗וְתָה לַ
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...
PRAISE HIM FOR ALL HIS BENEFITS Psalms 116:12; Psalms 117:1 The psalmist dwells joyfully on his enslavement to God, because in and through it he had found perfect liberty. _Thou hast loosed my bonds_...
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...
Precious in the sight of the LORD [is] the (i) death of his saints. (i) I perceive that God has a care over his, so that he both disposes their death, and takes an account....
This verse comes as in a parenthesis. It may serve to comfort the faithful in the recollection. And as the death of the faithful is precious, so their lives are. Matthew 10:29. Reader! if such be the...
15._Precious in the eyes of Jehovah is the death of his meek ones. _He goes on now to the general doctrine of God’s providential care for the godly, in that he renders them assistance in time of need;...
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...
PRECIOUS IN THE SIGHT OF THE LORD [IS] THE DEATH OF HIS SAINTS. The Lord has his saints or sanctified ones, who are sanctified or set apart by God the Father from all eternity; who are sanctified in C...
Precious in the sight of the LORD [is] the death of his saints. Ver. 15. _Precious in the sight of the Lord_] _Rara, chara,_ God doth not often suffer his saints to be slain, Psalms 37:32,33; or, if...
_Precious, &c., is the death of his saints_ He sets a high price upon it: he will not easily grant it to the will of their enemies. If any son of violence procure it, he will make him pay very dearly...
10-19 When troubled, we do best to hold our peace, for we are apt to speak unadvisedly. Yet there may be true faith where there are workings of unbelief; but then faith will prevail; and being humble...
He sets a high price upon it; he will not readily grant it to those that greedily seek it; and if any son of violence procure it, he will make him, pay very dearly for it; and when the saints suffer i...
Psalms 116:15 Precious H3368 sight H5869 LORD H3068 death H4194 saints H2623 Precious - Psalms 37:32-33,...
The whole Psalm is one of joyous thanksgiving because of God's mercy to the singer. He had been in deep waters of trial and affliction, but had not been suffered to sink. He had known fierce assaults...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
_Precious in the sight of the Lord is the death of His saints._ PRECIOUS DEATH As we see death, it means decay, removal, absence--things which we do not prize. But as God sees death, He beholds somet...
_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...
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
PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 116:12 WHAT SHALL I RENDER TO THE LORD FOR ALL HIS BENEFITS TO ME? The answer is, acts of public worship. The personal deliverance is a benefit to the whole people, and the entire...
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...
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...
1 Samuel 25:29; Job 5:26; Luke 16:22; Psalms 37:32; Psalms 37:33;...