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Hawker's Poor man's commentary

Psalms 116:2

If we compare scripture with scripture, and read that part of Psalms 91:1, which evidently and plainly refers to Christ, I think the likeness between that scripture and this, may allow us to suppose that it is the ever blessed Jesus, as the head and surety of his church, who is here speaking. Psalms 91:14.

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See also Psalms 116:2 in other biblical comments:

  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Psalms 116:2. _BECAUSE HE HATH INCLINED HIS EAR_] The psalmist represents himself to be so sick and weak, that he could scarcely speak. The Lord, in condescension to this weakness, is here consi...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    BECAUSE HE HATH INCLINED HIS EAR UNTO ME - See the notes at Psalms 5:1. Because he has been gracious to me, and has heard my prayers. This is a pood reason for serving God, or for devoting ourselves t...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    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...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

    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...

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    _VER. 2_. _I will preach, proclaim,_ or _sing aloud of his goodness._ This place, and also Psalms 116:13 seem to require this sense of _akra._ Fenwick....

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    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...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    Because he hath inclined his ear unto me, therefore will I call upon him as long as I live. BECAUSE HE HATH INCLINED HIS EAR UNTO ME - answering to the second clause of , "because, He hath heard m...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    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

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    If we take translation (1) of Psalms 116:1 this verse will state the ground of the longing to pray. “I have longed for Jehovah to hear me now, for He, as in past times, inclines His ear to me.” The la...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    כִּֽי ־הִטָּ֣ה אָזְנֹ֣ו לִ֑י וּ בְ יָמַ֥י

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    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...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    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...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    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...

  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

    Because he hath inclined his ear unto me, therefore will I call upon [him] (b) as long as I live. (b) That is in convenient time to seek help, which was when he was in distress....

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    _Remaineth is not in Hebrew. Mercy and truth confirm us. (Haydock) --- The psalmist acknowledges that he also stands in need of them, and St. John assures us, that grace and truth came by Jesus Christ...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    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...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    BECAUSE HE HATH INCLINED HIS EAR UNTO ME,.... Not as hard of hearing, for his ear is not heavy that it cannot hear; he is quick of hearing, and his ears are always open to the righteous; it rather den...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    Because he hath inclined his ear unto me, therefore will I call upon [him] as long as I live. _Ver 2. Because he hath inclined his ear_] As loth to lose any part of my prayer, though never so weakly...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _I love the Lord_ Hebrew, _I love, because the Lord hath heard my voice._ “The soul, transported with gratitude and love, seems, at first, to express her affection without declaring its object, as thi...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    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...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    Because He hath inclined His ear unto me, in the attitude of willing attention, THEREFORE WILL I CALL UPON HIM AS LONG AS I LIVE, in prayers both of thanksgiving and of further supplication. He now pi...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    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...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    Heb. _in my days_; as long as I have a day to live, as this phrase is used, 2 KINGS 20:19 ISAIAH 39:8. Compare JOB 27:6....

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Psalms 116:2 inclined H5186 (H8689) ear H241 call H7121 (H8799) live H3117 therefore -...

  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

    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...

  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

    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...

  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

    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...

  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

    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...

  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

    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...

  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

    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...

  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

    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...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    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...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    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 Biblical Illustrator

    _Because He hath inclined His ear unto me, therefore will I call upon Him as long as I live._ ANSWERS TO PRAYER CONFIRM HABITS OF PRAYER Philip Henry, after he had been engaged in prayer for two of h...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _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...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    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

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    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...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    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...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    Colossians 4:2; Job 27:10; Luke 18:1; Philippians 4:6; Psalms 145:18;...

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