I will walk before the Lord, leading his whole life with the consciousness that he is in the presence of Jehovah and His omniscient eye, in the land of the living; instead of becoming a prey to death, he enjoys life and is able always to have his Savior before his eyes.
Verse Psalms 116:9. _I WILL WALK BEFORE THE LORD_] אתהלך _ethhallech_, I will _set myself to walk_. I am _determined to walk_; my _eyes_ are now brightened, so that I can _see_; my feet are _strengthe...
I WILL WALK BEFORE THE LORD ... - Compare Psalms 27:13, note; Isaiah 38:20, note. This expresses a full belief that he would live, and a purpose to live “before the Lord;” that is, as in his presence,...
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...
DISCOURSE: 690 GRATEFUL RECOLLECTIONS Psalms 116:8. _Thou hast delivered my soul from death, mine eyes from tears, and my feet from falling: I will walk before the Lord in the land of the living._ IT...
IN THE LAND OF THE LIVING— In the Hebrew _the lands;_ pointing at the lands or mansions whither Christ was to go, and prepare a place for all who truly follow him; in the view and full assurance of wh...
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...
I will walk before the LORD in the land of the living. I WILL WALK BEFORE THE LORD IN THE LAND OF THE LIVING. This verse and are drawn from , "Thou hast delivered my soul from death: wilt not thou...
116:9 land (a-8) Lit. 'lands.'...
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...
His life will be preserved. 10, 11. The sense is most obscure. Two meanings are proposed: (_a_) I believed even when I spoke, saying, I am greatly afflicted, even when I said in my haste, All men are...
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
אֶ֭תְהַלֵּךְ לִ פְנֵ֣י יְהוָ֑ה בְּ֝ אַרְצֹ֗ות...
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...
I will (e) walk before the LORD in the land of the living. (e) The Lord will preserve me and save my life....
The apostle quotes part of what is here said, by way of showing that one and the same spirit of faith actuates all true believers, and though men may be false, yet God abideth true, 2 Corinthians 4:13...
9_I will walk in the presence of Jehovah. To wall in the presence of God is, _in my opinion, equivalent to living under his charge. And thus David expects to enjoy his safety continually. For nothing...
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...
I WILL WALK BEFORE THE LORD IN THE LAND OF THE LIVING. As in the sight of the omniscient God, according to his word and will, and in such manner as to please him. So Enoch's walking with God is by the...
I will walk before the LORD in the land of the living. Ver. 9. _I will walk before the Lord_] _Indesinenter ambulabo._ I will not only take a turn or two with God, go three or four steps with him, &c...
_I will walk_ Hebrew, אתהלךְ, _ethhalleck, I will set myself to walk; before the Lord_ I determine, in the strength of divine grace, to set him before me; to live as in his presence, and as under his...
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...
I WILL WALK BEFORE THE LORD; or, _I shall walk_, &c. This is either, 1. The psalmist's promise to God in requital of the favour last mentioned; I will therefore please God, as this phrase is used, GEN...
Psalms 116:9 walk H1980 (H8691) before H6440 LORD H3068 land H776 living H2416 walk - Psalms 61:
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...
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...
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...
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, 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...
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...
_I will walk before the Lord in the land of the living._ THE NATURE AND NECESSITY OF GOOD WORKS 1. The matter of the duty in which the psalmist promiseth to engage--“I will walk.” It signifies the p...
_For Thou hast delivered my soul from death, mine eyes from tears, and my feet from falling._ ON RECOVERY FROM SICKNESS I. The blessing conferred. Why was the psalmist so transported with joy, on bei...
_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 116:8 DEATH, TEARS, STUMBLING. These cover a wider variety of circumstances than simply the death of one’s body. This may be the psalmist’s invitation to the
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 Kings 2:4; 1 Kings 8:25; 1 Kings 9:4; Genesis 17:1; Isaiah 53:8;...