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Verse Psalms 116:8. _THOU HAST DELIVERED MY SOUL FROM DEATH_] Thou
hast rescued my _life_ from the _destruction_ to which it was exposed.
_MINE EYES FROM TEARS_] Thou hast turned my _sorrow_ into _jo...
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FOR THOU HAST DELIVERED MY SOUL FROM DEATH - My life. Thou hast saved
me from death. This is such language as would be used by one who had
been dangerously ill, and who had been restored again to heal...
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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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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...
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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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For thou hast delivered my soul from death, mine eyes from tears, and
my feet from falling.
FOR THOU HAST DELIVERED MY SOUL FROM DEATH, MINE EYES FROM TEARS, AND
MY FEET FROM FALLING - alluding to...
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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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FALLING. — Or, _stumbling._ (See Psalms 56:13, the original of this
passage.)...
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כִּ֤י חִלַּ֥צְתָּ נַפְשִׁ֗י מִ֫
מָּ֥וֶת אֶת ־עֵינִ֥י מִן ־דִּמְעָ֑ה
אֶת ־רַגְלִ֥י מִ דֶּֽחִי׃...
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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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PSALM CXVI. (LAUDATE DOMINUM.)
All nations are called upon to praise God for his mercy and truth....
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In every point of view, these are sweet words indeed! Jesus is the
rest wherewith he will cause the weary to rest; he is their
refreshing; and all the invitations of Jesus are to this effect, that
com...
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_GOD’S DELIVERANCE_
‘Thou hast delivered my soul from death, mine eyes from tears, and
my feet from falling.’
Psalms 116:8
If we were asked to name the evils from which we should most wish to
be de...
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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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FOR THOU HAST DELIVERED MY SOUL FROM DEATH,.... From a corporeal
death, when his life was in danger, surrounded by Saul's army, in the
hand of the Philistines at Gath, and when his son rebelled agains...
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For thou hast delivered my soul from death, mine eyes from tears,
[and] my feet from falling.
Ver. 8. _For thou hast delivered my soul, &c._] The better to excite
himself to true thankfulness he ente...
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_Return unto thy rest, O my soul_ Unto that tranquillity of mind, and
cheerful confidence in God's providence and promises, which thou didst
once enjoy. Repose thyself in God; seek not for that rest i...
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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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MY SOUL; myself. FROM FALLING, to wit, into mischief, and the pit of
destruction....
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Psalms 116:8 delivered H2502 (H8765) soul H5315 death H4194 eyes H5869
tears H1832 feet H7272 falling H1762
For thou - Psalms 56:13, Psalms 86:13
mine - Isaiah 25:8, Isaiah 38:5;...
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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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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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Isaiah 25:8; Isaiah 38:5; Judges 1:24; Psalms 37:24; Psalms 56:13;
Psalms 86:13; Psalms 94:18; Revelation 21:4; Revelation 7:17...