“ 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 - Of his people; his friends. Luther renders this, “The death of his saints is held to be of value” - (ist werth gehalten) - “before t...
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.
CXVI. A Song of Comfort in Affliction. There is nothing to justify the division into two Pss. ( a ) Psalms 116:1-9 , ( b ) Psalms 116:10-19 (LXX); the same theme in its double aspect is continue...
Precious. See note on 1 Samuel 3:1 . saints . separated ones.
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...
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 wh...
Precious in the sight of the LORD is the death of his saints. Precious in the sight of the Lord - Many have understood this verse as meaning, "the saints are too precious in the Lord's sight, light...
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,...
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, t...
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 co...
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...
Psalms 116:1-19 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 hi...
Praise Him for All His Benefits Psalms 116:12-19 ; Psalms 117:1-2 The psalmist dwells joyfully on his enslavement to God, because in and through it he had found perfect liberty. Thou hast loo...
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 practical...
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 10:29-30 . Reader! if such b...
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 i...
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,...
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 de...
Grateful Acknowledgments; Devout Resolutions. 10 I believed, therefore have I spoken: I was greatly afflicted: 11 I s...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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 pr...
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 delivera...
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 pu...
1 Samuel 25:29 ; Job 5:26 ; Luke 16:22 ; Psalms 37:32 ; Psalms 37:33 ; Psalms 72:14 ; Revelation 1:18 ; Revelation 14:3