English Standard Version
Psalms 116:1
1I love the Lord, because he has heard my voice and my pleas for mercy.
Psalms 116:1 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)I love the Lord, because he hath heard my voice and my supplications.
- New International Version (NIV)I love the Lord, for he heard my voice; he heard my cry for mercy.
- New King James Version (NKJV)I love the Lord, because He has heard My voice and my supplications.
- New Living Translation (NLT)I love the Lord because he hears my voice and my prayer for mercy.
Context of Psalms 116:1
I love the Lord, because he has heard my voice and my pleas for mercy. 2Because he inclined his ear to me, therefore I will call on him as long as I live. 3The snares of death encompassed me; the pangs of Sheol laid hold on me; I suffered distress and anguish.
Read all of Psalms 116Psalms 116:1 word by word
אָ֭הַבְתִּי כִּֽי־יִשְׁמַ֥ע׀ יְהוָ֑ה אֶת־ק֝וֹלִ֗י תַּחֲנוּנָֽי׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Psalms 116:1
- Psalms 18:1I love you, O Lord, my strength.
- Psalms 119:132Turn to me and be gracious to me, as is your way with those who love your name.
- Mark 12:33And to love him with all the heart and with all the understanding and with all the strength, and to love one's neighbor as oneself, is much more than all whole burnt offerings and sacrifices."
- John 21:17He said to him the third time, "Simon, son of John, do you love me?" Peter was grieved because he said to him the third time, "Do you love me?" and he said to him, "Lord, you know everything; you know that I love you." Jesus said to him, "Feed my sheep.
- 1 John 4:19We love because he first loved us.
- 1 John 5:2By this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God and obey his commandments.
- Psalms 18:6In my distress I called upon the Lord; to my God I cried for help. From his temple he heard my voice, and my cry to him reached his ears.
- Psalms 31:22I had said in my alarm, "I am cut off from your sight." But you heard the voice of my pleas for mercy when I cried to you for help.
- Psalms 34:3Oh, magnify the Lord with me, and let us exalt his name together!
- Psalms 40:1I waited patiently for the Lord; he inclined to me and heard my cry.
- Psalms 66:19But truly God has listened; he has attended to the voice of my prayer.
- Psalms 69:33For the Lord hears the needy and does not despise his own people who are prisoners.
- Genesis 35:2So Jacob said to his household and to all who were with him, "Put away the foreign gods that are among you and purify yourselves and change your garments.
- 1 Samuel 1:26And she said, "Oh, my lord! As you live, my lord, I am the woman who was standing here in your presence, praying to the Lord.
- John 16:24Until now you have asked nothing in my name. Ask, and you will receive, that your joy may be full.
Commentaries on Psalms 116:1
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 1I love the Lord because he hath heard - How vain and foolish is the talk, "To love God for his benefits to us is mercenary, and cannot be pure love!" Whether pure or impure, there is no other love that can flow from the heart of the creature to its Creator. We love him, said the holiest of Christ's disciples, because he first loved us; and the increase of our love and filial obedience is in proportion to the increased sense we have of our obligation to…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 1I love the Lord - The Hebrew rather means, “I love, because the Lord hath heard,” etc. That is, the psalmist was conscious of love; he felt it glowing in his soul; his heart was full of that special joy, tenderness, kindness, peace, which love produces; and the source or reason of this, he says, was that the Lord had heard him in his prayers. Because he hath heard - That is, This fact was a reason for loving him. The psalmist does not say that this was…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 1The psalmist declares his love to the Lord. (1-9) His desire to be thankful. (10-19) Verses 1-9 We have many reasons for loving the Lord, but are most affected by his loving-kindness when relieved out of deep distress. When a poor sinner is awakened to a sense of his state, and fears that he must soon sink under the just wrath of God, then he finds trouble and sorrow. But let all such call upon the Lord to deliver their souls, and they will find him…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1I love the LORD: This unique opening expresses affection for and commitment to the Lord (see Psalm 18:1; Deuteronomy 6:5) on the basis of what the Lord has done.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-191-2. A truly grateful love will be evinced by acts of worship, which calling on God expresses (Psa 116:13; Psa 55:16; 86:7; compare Psa 17:6; 31:2).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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