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Verse Psalms 116:10. _I BELIEVED, THEREFORE HAVE I SPOKEN_] Distressed
and afflicted as I was, I ever believed thy promises to be true; but I
had great struggles to maintain my confidence; for my affl...
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I BELIEVED, THEREFORE HAVE I SPOKEN - This, in the Septuagint and
Latin Vulgate, begins a new psalm, but without any good reason. This
language is borrowed by the Apostle Paul to express his confidenc...
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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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I BELIEVED. I believed[Him]. Quoted in 2 Corinthians 4:13....
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I BELIEVED, THEREFORE HAVE I SPOKEN— _I believed_ (_for I will speak
it; I was very low_)_, I said in my haste, The whole race of man is a
lie._ These two verses express the low state of spirits to wh...
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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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I believed, therefore have I spoken: I was greatly afflicted:
I BELIEVED, THEREFORE HAVE I SPOKEN. As the former strophe was
occupied with the deliverance, so this is taken up with the
thanksgiving...
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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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הֶ֭אֱמַנְתִּי כִּ֣י אֲדַבֵּ֑ר
אֲ֝נִ֗י עָנִ֥יתִי מְאֹֽד׃...
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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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(f) I believed, therefore have I spoken: I was greatly afflicted:
(f) I felt all these things, and therefore was moved by faith to
confess them, (2 Corinthians 4:13)....
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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...
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10._I have believed _That his wonderful deliverance may appear the
more conspicuous, he again relates the imminent danger in which he had
been placed. He begins by declaring that he spake in the true...
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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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I BELIEVED, THEREFORE HAVE I SPOKEN,.... Here the Septuagint, Vulgate
Latin, Arabic, and Ethiopic versions, begin a new psalm, but without
any foundation in the original; nor is it countenanced by the...
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I believed, therefore have I spoken: I was greatly afflicted:
Ver. 10. _I believed, therefore have I spoken_] _Fundamentum et
fulcrum verae spei est fides viva._ Hope is the daughter of faith, but
su...
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Psa. 116:10, 11. "Spoken; was greatly afflicted; I said in my haste,
All men are liars." The meaning seems to be this - I spake as I have
declared (verse 4), because I trusted in God. I was greatly af...
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_I have believed_ God's promise of deliverance; _therefore have I
spoken_ What I have now said; or, I have firmly believed, and trusted
in God's almighty power, and ever watchful providence, and there...
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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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I believed, therefore have I spoken, literally, "for [this] I speak,"
in speaking he exercised his faith, his speaking was a proof of his
faith, 2 Corinthians 4:13. I WAS GREATLY AFFLICTED, but in spi...
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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...
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I BELIEVED, to wit, God's promise of deliverance and of the kingdom
made to me by Samuel, which I was confident he would perform in spite
of discouragements and difficulties. THEREFORE HAVE I SPOKEN:...
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Psalms 116:10 believed H539 (H8689) spoke H1696 (H8762) greatly H3966
afflicted H6031 (H8804)
I believed -...
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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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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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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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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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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._
Every answered prayer should make us love the Lord, and especially
those prayers that come up from our heart when...
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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...
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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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_I believed, therefore have I spoken: I was greatly afflicted._
OPINIONS AND CONVICTIONS
There is sincerity, intensity, reality, in every line of this song.
Nobody doubts the psalmist when he says, “...
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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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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
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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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2 Corinthians 4:13; 2 Peter 1:16; 2 Peter 1:21; Hebrews 11:1; N