“ The LORD preserveth the simple: I was brought low, and he helped me. ”
The Lord preserveth the simple - The Septuagint renders this “babes” - νήπια nēpia . The Hebrew word has reference to simplicity or folly, as in Proverbs 1:22 . It then refers to those wh...
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...
simple . sincere or guileless ones; not "foolish" in the modern usage.
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...
The LORD preserveth the simple: I was brought low, and he helped me. The Lord preserved the simple - פתאים pethaim, which all the Versions render little ones. Those who are meek and lowly of heart, w...
The simple— i.e. Those who are upright and sincere, and who make use of no crafty arts, no indirect or unlawful means for their deliverance; or, as the original word likewise signifies, the little...
The LORD preserveth the simple: I was brought low, and he helped me. The Lord preserveth the simple - namely, those easily overtaken by injuries, who know not how to escape from difficulties,...
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...
The simple. — Inexperienced, in a good sense, as often in Proverbs. LXX. and Vulg., “babes.” Brought low. — See Note, Psalms 30:2 .
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...
The Lord preserveth the simple ,.... Such as have but a small degree of understanding, either in things natural or spiritual, in comparison of others; babes, as the Septuagint, Vulgate Latin, Syriac...
The LORD preserveth the simple: I was brought low, and he helped me. Ver. 6. The Lord preserveth, the simple ] Heb. the persuasible (opposed to the scorner, Pro 19:25), the plain hearted (opposed...
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...
The simple; sincere and plain-hearted persons, who dare not use those frauds and crafty and wicked artifices in saving themselves or destroying their enemies, but wait upon God with honest hearts i...
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...
2 Corinthians 1:12 ; 2 Corinthians 11:3 ; Colossians 3:22 ; Isaiah 35:8 ; Matthew 11:25 ; Psalms 19:7 ; Psalms 25:21 ; Psalms 1:1 ; Psalms 79:8 ; Romans 16:19