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Psalms 116:9
9I will walk [in submissive wonder] before the Lord In the land of the living.
Psalms 116:9 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)I will walk before the Lord in the land of the living.
- New International Version (NIV)that I may walk before the Lord in the land of the living.
- English Standard Version (ESV)I will walk before the Lord in the land of the living.
- New King James Version (NKJV)I will walk before the Lord In the land of the living.
Context of Psalms 116:9
7Return to your rest, O my soul, For the Lord has dealt bountifully with you. 8For You have rescued my life from death, My eyes from tears, And my feet from stumbling and falling. I will walk [in submissive wonder] before the Lord In the land of the living. 10I believed [and clung to my God] when I said, “I am greatly afflicted.” 11I said in my alarm, “All men are liars.”
Read all of Psalms 116Psalms 116:9 word by word
אֶ֭תְהַלֵּךְ לִפְנֵ֣י יְהוָ֑ה בְּ֝אַרְצ֗וֹת הַֽחַיִּֽים׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Psalms 116:9
- Psalms 61:7He will sit enthroned forever before [the face of] God; Appoint lovingkindness and truth to watch over and preserve him.
- Genesis 17:1When Abram was ninety-nine years old, the Lord appeared to him and said, “I am God Almighty; Walk [habitually] before Me [with integrity, knowing that you are always in My presence], and be blameless and complete [in obedience to Me].
- 1 Kings 2:4so that the Lord may fulfill His promise concerning me, saying, ‘If your sons are careful regarding their way [of life], to walk before Me in truth with all their heart and mind and with all their soul, you shall not fail to have a man (descendant) on the throne of Israel.’
- 1 Kings 8:25Now therefore, O Lord, the God of Israel, keep for Your servant my father David that which You promised him when You said, ‘You shall not be without a man (descendant) to sit on the throne of Israel, if only your sons take heed to their way [of life] to walk before Me [according to my laws] as you have done.’
- 1 Kings 9:4As for you, if you walk (live your life) before Me, as David your father walked, in integrity of heart and in uprightness, acting in accordance with everything that I have commanded you, and will keep My statutes and My precepts,
- Luke 1:6They both were righteous (approved) in the sight of God, walking blamelessly in all the commandments and requirements of the Lord.
- Psalms 27:13I would have despaired had I not believed that I would see the goodness of the Lord In the land of the living.
- Isaiah 53:8After oppression and judgment He was taken away; And as for His generation [His contemporaries], who [among them] concerned himself with the fact That He was cut off from the land of the living [by His death] For the transgression of my people, to whom the stroke [of death] was due?
Commentaries on Psalms 116:9
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 9I will walk before the Lord - אתהלך ethhallech, I will set myself to walk. I am determined to walk; my eyes are now bright ened, so that I can see; my feet are strengthened, so that I can walk; and my soul is alive, so that I can walk with the living. The Vulgate, the Septuagint, the Ethiopic, the Arabic, and the Anglo-Saxon end this Psalm here, which is numbered the cxivth; and begin with the tenth verse another Psalm, which they number cxvth; but this…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 9I will walk before the Lord - Compare Psalm 27:13, note; Isaiah 38:20, note. This expresses a full belief that he would live, and a purpose to live “before the Lord;” that is, as in his presence, in his service, and enjoying communion with him.Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 9I will walk before the LORD: The psalmist lived with integrity. After experiencing deep distress, he now enjoys open fellowship with the Lord (see Psalm 56:13; compare Job 42:5).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 99. walk before the Lord--act, or live under His favor and guidance (Ge 17:1; Psa 61:7). land of the living--(Psa 27:13).Read the comment
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Commentaries on Psalms 116
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- The Treasury of David
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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