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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, _...
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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...
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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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PRECIOUS. See note on 1 Samuel 3:1.
SAINTS. separated ones....
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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...
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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...
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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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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...
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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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PRECIOUS] i.e. of such consequence to God that He will require
penalties for it....
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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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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.)...
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יָ֭קָר בְּ עֵינֵ֣י יְהוָ֑ה הַ֝
מָּ֗וְתָה לַ
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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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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_...
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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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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....
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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...
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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;...
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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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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...
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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...
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_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...
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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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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....
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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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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...
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Psalms 116:15 Precious H3368 sight H5869 LORD H3068 death H4194 saints
H2623
Precious - Psalms 37:32-33,...
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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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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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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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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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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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_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...
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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 116:12 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...
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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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1 Samuel 25:29; Job 5:26; Luke 16:22; Psalms 37:32; Psalms 37:33;...