Kretzmann's Popular Commentary
Psalms 116:4
Then called I upon the name of the Lord, depending upon the promises in His Word: O Lord, I beseech Thee, deliver my soul. The psalmist now pictures the manner in which the Lord delivered him.
Then called I upon the name of the Lord, depending upon the promises in His Word: O Lord, I beseech Thee, deliver my soul. The psalmist now pictures the manner in which the Lord delivered him.
THEN CALLED I UPON THE NAME OF THE LORD - Upon the Lord. I had no other refuge. I felt that I must perish unless he should interpose, and I pleaded with him for deliverance and life. Compare the notes...
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...
THEN CALLED. =. will call, as in Psalms 116:13. See the Structure. MY SOUL. me (emphatic). Hebrew. _nephesh._ App-13....
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...
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...
Then called I upon the name of the LORD; O LORD, I beseech thee, deliver my soul. THEN CALLED I UPON THE NAME OF THE LORD. Drawn from Psalms 18:4. David intended his personal experience for the good...
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
וּ בְ שֵֽׁם ־יְהוָ֥ה אֶקְרָ֑א אָנָּ֥ה יְ֝הוָ֗
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...
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...
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...
If Psalms 22:1 be, as it is universally allowed by the church to be, prophetical of Christ, is there not a sufficient agreement between these verses and a certain portion of that Psalm, to believe tha...
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...
THEN CALLED I UPON THE NAME OF THE LORD,.... Upon the Lord himself in prayer for speedy deliverance; or "in the name of the Lord" h, in the name of the Messiah, the only Mediator between God and man;...
Then called I upon the name of the LORD; O LORD, I beseech thee, deliver my soul. Ver. 4. _Then called I upon the name of the Lord_] That strong tower, whereunto the righteous run and are safe, Prove...
_The sorrows of death compassed me_ Dangerous and deadly calamities as bitter as death: Hebrew, חבלי מות, _cheblee maveth, the cords_, or _bands of death:_ see note on Psalms 18:4. _The pains of hell...
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...
No text from Poole on this verse....
Psalms 116:4 called H7121 (H8799) name H8034 LORD H3068 LORD H3068 implore H577 deliver H4422 (H8761) soul...
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...
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._ You cannot help loving God if he has heard your prayers. Have you tried him? If you have, you can join with David...
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...
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...
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...
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...
_The sorrows of death compassed me._ TO SOULS IN AGONY I. First, here is the wretched condition into which many a poor awakened soul has been brought. 1. Many a troubled conscience feels the sorrow...
_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 116:4 CALLED ON THE NAME OF THE LORD often refers to a public prayer (see Genesis 4:26;...
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...
2 Chronicles 33:12; 2 Chronicles 33:13; Isaiah 37:15; Isaiah 38:1;...