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Verse Psalms 116:6. _THE LORD PRESERVED THE SIMPLE_] פתאים
_pethaim_, which all the Versions render _little ones_. Those who are
meek and lowly of heart, who feel the spirit of little children, these...
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THE LORD PRESERVETH THE SIMPLE - The Septuagint renders this
“babes” - νήπια _nēpia_. The Hebrew word has reference to
simplicity or folly, as in Proverbs 1:22. It then refers to those who
are the o...
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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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SIMPLE. sincere or guileless ones; not "foolish" in the modern usage....
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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 h...
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THE SIMPLE— i.e. Those who are upright and sincere, and who make use
of no crafty arts, no indirect or unlawful means for their
deliverance; or, as the original word likewise signifies, _the little
on...
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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...
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The LORD preserveth the simple: I was brought low, and he helped me.
THE LORD PRESERVETH THE SIMPLE - namely, those easily overtaken by
injuries, who know not how to escape from difficulties, owing...
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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 8:36). (Son of God is a name for Jesus.)
PSALMS 116
V1...
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THE SIMPLE. — Inexperienced, in a good sense, as often in Proverbs.
LXX. and Vulg., “babes.”
BROUGHT LOW. — See Note, Psalms 30:2....
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שֹׁמֵ֣ר פְּתָאיִ֣ם יְהֹוָ֑ה
דַּ֝לֹּותִ֗י וְ לִ֣י יְהֹושִֽׁיעַ׃...
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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 egotis...
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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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I would again explain these verses by others. It is blessed to get a
glimpse, if it be but a glimpse only, at Jesus as the sinner's Surety,
going before in all the parts of soul exercises: see Psalms...
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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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THE LORD PRESERVETH THE SIMPLE,.... Such as have but a small degree of
understanding, either in things natural or spiritual, in comparison of
others; babes, as the Septuagint, Vulgate Latin, Syriac, A...
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The LORD preserveth the simple: I was brought low, and he helped me.
Ver. 6. _The Lord preserveth, the simple_] Heb. the persuasible
(opposed to the scorner, Pro 19:25), the plain hearted (opposed to...
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_Gracious is the Lord_ Therefore he will maintain my just cause
against my unrighteous oppressors, will perform his promises, and save
those who faithfully serve and trust in him. _The Lord preserveth...
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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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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...
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THE SIMPLE; sincere and plain-hearted persons, who dare not use those
frauds and crafty and wicked artifices in saving themselves or
destroying their enemies, but wait upon God with honest hearts in h...
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Psalms 116:6 LORD H3068 preserves H8104 (H8802) simple H6612 low H1809
(H8804) saved H3467 (H8686)
preserveth - Psalms 19:7, Psalms 25:21; Isaiah 35:8; Matthew 11:25;
Romans 16:
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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...
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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 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, Psalms 116:8, Psalms 116:15). The
p...
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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...
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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. He...
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2 Corinthians 1:12; 2 Corinthians 11:3; Colossians 3:22; Isaiah 35:8;
Matthew 11:25; Psalms 19:7; Psalms 25:21; Psalms 1:1; Psalms 79:8;...