Psalms 116:4 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Then called I upon the name of the LORD; O LORD, I beseech thee, deliver my soul. ”

Psalms 116:4 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Then called I upon the name of the Lord - Upon the Lord. I had no other refuge. I felt that I must perish unless he should interpose, and I pleaded with him for deliverance and life. Compare the...
Psalms 116:4 - 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 116:4 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Then called . =. will call, as in Psalms 116:13 . See the Structure. my soul . me (emphatic). Hebrew. nephesh. App-13.
Psalms 116:4 - 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 116:4 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Then called I upon the name of the LORD; O LORD, I beseech thee, deliver my soul.
Psalms 116:4 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Then called I upon the name of the LORD; O LORD, I beseech thee, deliver my soul. Then called I upon the name of the Lord. Drawn from Psalms 18:4-6 . David intended his personal experience fo...
Psalms 116:4 - 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 116:4 - 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 116:4 - 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 116:4 - 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 116:4 - 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 116:4 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Then called I upon the name of the Lord ,.... Upon the Lord himself in prayer for speedy deliverance; or "in the name of the Lord" h, in the name of the Messiah, the only Mediator between God and ma...
Psalms 116:4 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Then called I upon the name of the LORD; O LORD, I beseech thee, deliver my soul. Ver. 4. Then called I upon the name of the Lord ] That strong tower, whereunto the righteous run and are safe, Pr...
Psalms 116:4 - 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 116:4 - 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 116:4 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

No text from Poole on this verse.
Psalms 116:4 - 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 116:4 - 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 116:4 - 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 116:4 - 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 116:4 - 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 116:4 - 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 116:4 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2 Chronicles 33:12 ; 2 Chronicles 33:13 ; Isaiah 37:15-20 ; Isaiah 38:1-3 ; John 2:2 ; Luke 18:13 ; Luke 23:42 ; Luke 23:43 ; Psalms 118:5 ; Psalms 130:1 ; Psalms 130:2 ; Psalms 142:4-6 ;...

Psalms 116:4 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Psalms 116:4 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 116:4 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Psalms 116:4 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

Psalms 116:4 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Psalms 116:4 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Psalms 116:4 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 116:4 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Psalms 116:4 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Psalms 116:4 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Psalms 116:4 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Psalms 116:4 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Psalms 116:4 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Psalms 116:4 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Psalms 116:4 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Psalms 116:4 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Psalms 116:4 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Psalms 116:4 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Psalms 116:4 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Psalms 116:4 - The Biblical Illustrator

Psalms 116:4 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Psalms 116:4 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Psalms 116:4 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge