Psalms 116:6

simple. sincere or guileless ones; not "foolish" in the modern usage.

Related Commentaries of Psalms 116:6

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The Lord preserveth the simple - The Septuagint renders this “babes” - νήπια nēpia . The Hebrew word has reference to simplicity or folly,...
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...
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 ha...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

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 lit...
Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

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...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

The LORD preserveth the simple: I was brought low, and he helped me. The Lord preserveth the simple - namely, those easily overtaken by injur...
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...
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

The simple. — Inexperienced, in a good sense, as often in Proverbs. LXX. and Vulg., “babes.” Brought low. — See Note, Psalms 30:2 .
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...
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 Ps...
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...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

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 bef...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

The Lord preserveth the simple ,.... Such as have but a small degree of understanding, either in things natural or spiritual, in comparison of other...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

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 th...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Gracious is the Lord Therefore he will maintain my just cause against my unrighteous oppressors, will perform his promises, and save those who fait...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Grateful Acknowledgments. 1 I love the L ORD , because he hath heard...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

The simple; sincere and plain-hearted persons, who dare not use those frauds and crafty and wicked artifices in saving themselves or destroying the...
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...
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. Hav...
Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

It begins well. Psalms 116:1 . I love the Lord, Can you say that? «Yea, Lord, thou knowest all things. Thou knowest that I love thee.» «I love t...
Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

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 experi...
Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

In this Psalm, David tells us his experience with regard to God and with regard to men. Psalms 116:1 . I love the LORD, because he hath heard my v...
Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

We have read this Psalm many times, and have often felt it to be a photograph of our own spiritual experience; but we will, on this occasion, read it...
Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Psalms 116:1 . I love the LORD, because he hath heard my voice and my supplications. Every answered prayer should make us love the Lord, and esp...
Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

We have read this Psalm many times, let us read it now, not regarding it so much as the language of the psalmist uttered thousands of years ago, as o...
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, o...
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 de...
The Biblical Illustrator

I was brought low and He helped me. God’s method of helping Thousands of times has this experience of the psalmist been repeated. It is the Div...
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 litu...
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...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Lord preserveth the simple, guarding them against evil designs of the enemies on every hand. I was brought low, thrown to the ground in utter h...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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 7...

⁶ The LORD preserveth the simple: I was brought low, and he helped me.

Related Commentaries of Psalms 116:6

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Psalms 116:6