“ Gracious is the LORD, and righteous; yea, our God is merciful. ”
Gracious is the Lord - This fact was his encouragement when he called on God. He believed that God was a gracious Being, and he found him to be so. Compare the notes at Hebrews 11:6 . And rig...
Gracious [is] the LORD, and righteous; yea, our God [is] (c) merciful. (c) He shows forth the fruit of his love in calling on him, confessing him to be just and merciful and to help them who are des...
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...
Gracious. Compare Exodus 34:6 ; Exodus 34:7 . God. Hebrew. Elohim. App-4. merciful . full of compassion.
5 Jehovah is gracious. He comes now to point out the fruits of that love of which he spoke, setting before him God’s titles, in order that they might serve to preserve his faith in him. Firs...
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...
Gracious is the LORD, and righteous; yea, our God is merciful. Gracious is the Lord - In his own nature. And righteous - In all his dealings with men. Our God is merciful - Of tender compassion...
Gracious is the LORD, and righteous; yea, our God is merciful. Gracious is the Lord, and righteous; yea, our God is merciful. By delivering me and my people, He has shown Himself to be truly...
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 116:1-19 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...
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...
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...
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 Psalm...
Gracious is the Lord ,.... So the psalmist found him, calling upon him; so he is in Christ, the author and giver of all grace, to help in time of need. And righteous ; faithful to his promises, ju...
Gracious [is] the LORD, and righteous; yea, our God [is] merciful. Ver. 5. Gracious is the Lord, &c. ] Gracious God is said to be, and merciful, that we despair not; righteous also, that we pr...
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 preservet...
Grateful Acknowledgments. 1 I love the L ORD , because he hath heard my voice and my supplications. 2 Because he ha...
Gracious is the Lord: this he mentions either, 1. As that which he found by experience in answer to his prayers; or, 2. As the argument by which he encouraged himself to pray. And righteous;...
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 116:1 . 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...
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 John 1:9 ; 1 Timothy 1:14 ; Daniel 9:14 ; Daniel 9:7 ; Daniel 9:9 ; Ephesians 1:6-8 ; Ephesians 2:4 ; Exodus 34:6 ; Exodus 34:7 ; Ezra 9:15 ; Isaiah 45:21 ; Nehemiah 9:17 ; Nehemiah 9:...