1 I love the LORD, because he hath heard my voice and my supplications. |
2 Because he hath inclined his ear unto me, therefore will I call upon him as long as I live. |
3 The sorrows of death compassed me, and the pains of hell gat hold upon me: I found trouble and sorrow. |
4 Then called I upon the name of the LORD; O LORD, I beseech thee, deliver my soul. |
5 Gracious is the LORD, and righteous; yea, our God is merciful. |
6 The LORD preserveth the simple: I was brought low, and he helped me. |
7 Return unto thy rest, O my soul; for the LORD hath dealt bountifully with thee. |
8 For thou hast delivered my soul from death, mine eyes from tears, and my feet from falling. |
116 This psalm is a solemn thanksgiving to God. Wherein the psalmist professes his love to God, for delivering him out of great straits and dangers, Psa 116:1-8. Prays for his future protection, and promises to praise him, and to walk holy before him, Psa 116:9-19.
116:3 The sorrows - Dangerous and deadly calamities. Pains - Such agonies and horrors, as dying persons use to feel.
116:7 Rest - Unto a chearful confidence in God.