Psalms 116:3 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ The sorrows of death compassed me, and the pains of hell gat hold upon me: I found trouble and sorrow. ”

Psalms 116:3 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The sorrows of death - What an expression! We know of no intenser sorrows pertaining to this world than those which we associate with the dying struggle - whether our views in regard to the reali...
Psalms 116:3 - 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 116:1-9 , ( b ) Psalms 116:10-19 (LXX); the same theme in its double aspect is continue...
Psalms 116:3 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

sorrows . cords. Put by Figure of speech Metonymy (of Cause), App-6, for the pains produced by them. hell . Sheol. See App-35. gat hold. Figure of speech Prosopopoeia. App-6.
Psalms 116:3 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

DISCOURSE: 689 THANKSGIVING FOR DELIVERANCE Psalms 116:1-7 . 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...
Psalms 116:3 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

The sorrows of death compassed me, and the pains of hell gat hold upon me: I found trouble and sorrow. The sorrows of death - חבלי מות chebley maveth, the cables or cords of death; alluding to their...
Psalms 116:3 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

The sorrows of death— The Hebrew signifies, The snares of death. See Psalms 18:4-5 .
Psalms 116:3 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

The sorrows of death compassed me, and the pains of hell gat hold upon me: I found trouble and sorrow. The sorrows of death compassed me - literally, 'the cords' or 'bands of death' (note, P...
Psalms 116:3 - 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 co...
Psalms 116:3 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

The pains of hell. — Or, oppressions of Sheôl, if we retain the text. But a very slight change in a single letter brings the clause into closer correspondence with Psalms 18:5-6 , whence it is p...
Psalms 116:3 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

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...
Psalms 116:3 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

He Delivered My Soul Psalms 116:1-11 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 fe...
Psalms 116:3 - 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 practical...
Psalms 116:3 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

If Psalms 22:1 be, as it is universally allowed by the church to be, prophetical of Christ, is there not a sufficient agreement between these verses and a certain portion of that Psalm, to believe...
Psalms 116:3 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

The sorrows of death compassed me ,.... Christ, of whom David was a type, was a man of sorrows all his days; and in the garden he was surrounded with sorrow; exceeding sorrowful even unto death, in...
Psalms 116:3 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

The sorrows of death compassed me, and the pains of hell gat hold upon me: I found trouble and sorrow. Ver. 3. The sorrows of death compassed me ] See Psalms 18:4,5 , Pictura poetica ingentium p...
Psalms 116:3 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The sorrows of death compassed me Dangerous and deadly calamities as bitter as death: Hebrew, חבלי מות, cheblee maveth, the cords , or bands of death: see note on Psalms 18:4-5 . The pains of...
Psalms 116:3 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Grateful Acknowledgments. 1 I love the L ORD , because he hath heard my voice and my supplications. 2 Because he ha...
Psalms 116:3 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

The sorrows of death; dangerous and deadly calamities, as bitter as death. Or, the cords of death. Of hell; or, of the grave; or, of death; either killing pains, or such agonies and horrors as dy...
Psalms 116:3 - 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...
Psalms 116:3 - Scofield Reference Notes

hell Hebrew, "Sheol," ( See Scofield) - ( Habakkuk 2:5 ).
Psalms 116:3 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

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 Da...
Psalms 116:3 - 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...
Psalms 116:3 - 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 pr...
Psalms 116:3 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

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...
Psalms 116:3 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

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...
Psalms 116:3 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Hebrews 5:7 ; Isaiah 53:3 ; Isaiah 53:4 ; Jonah 2:2 ; Jonah 2:3 ; Luke 22:44 ; Mark 14:33-36 ; Psalms 18:4-6 ; Psalms 32:3 ; Psalms 32:4 ; Psalms 38:6 ; Psalms 88:6 ; Psalms 88:7
Psalms 116:3 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

The sorrows — Dangerous and deadly calamities. Pains — Such agonies and horrors, as dying persons use to feel.

Psalms 116:3 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Psalms 116:3 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 116:3 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Psalms 116:3 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

Psalms 116:3 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Psalms 116:3 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Psalms 116:3 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Psalms 116:3 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 116:3 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Psalms 116:3 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Psalms 116:3 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Psalms 116:3 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Psalms 116:3 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Psalms 116:3 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Psalms 116:3 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Psalms 116:3 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Psalms 116:3 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Psalms 116:3 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Psalms 116:3 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Psalms 116:3 - Scofield Reference Notes

Psalms 116:3 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Psalms 116:3 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Psalms 116:3 - The Biblical Illustrator

Psalms 116:3 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Psalms 116:3 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Psalms 116:3 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Psalms 116:3 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes