God’s Word Translation
Psalms 116:16
16O Lord, I am indeed your servant. I am your servant, the son of your female servant. You have freed me from my chains.
Psalms 116:16 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)O Lord, truly I am thy servant; I am thy servant, and the son of thine handmaid: thou hast loosed my bonds.
- New International Version (NIV)Truly I am your servant, Lord; I serve you just as my mother did; you have freed me from my chains.
- English Standard Version (ESV)O Lord, I am your servant; I am your servant, the son of your maidservant. You have loosed my bonds.
- New King James Version (NKJV)O Lord, truly I am Your servant; I am Your servant, the son of Your maidservant; You have loosed my bonds.
Context of Psalms 116:16
14I will keep my vows to the Lord in the presence of all his people. 15Precious in the sight of the Lord is the death of his faithful ones. O Lord, I am indeed your servant. I am your servant, the son of your female servant. You have freed me from my chains. 17I will bring a song of thanksgiving to you as a sacrifice. I will call on the name of the Lord. 18I will keep my vows to the Lord in the presence of all his people,
Read all of Psalms 116Psalms 116:16 word by word
אָֽנָּ֣ה יְהוָה֮ כִּֽי־אֲנִ֪י עַ֫בְדֶּ֥ךָ אֲֽנִי־עַ֭בְדְּךָ בֶּן־אֲמָתֶ֑ךָ פִּ֝תַּ֗חְתָּ לְמוֹסֵרָֽי׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Psalms 116:16
- Psalms 86:16Turn toward me, and have pity on me. Give me your strength because I am your servant. Save me because I am the son of your female servant.
- Psalms 119:125I am your servant. Help me understand so that I may come to know your written instructions.
- Psalms 143:12In keeping with your mercy, wipe out my enemies and destroy all who torment me, because I am your servant.
- John 12:26Those who serve me must follow me. My servants will be with me wherever I will be. If people serve me, the Father will honor them.
- Acts 27:23I know this because an angel from the God to whom I belong and whom I serve stood by me last night.
- James 1:1From James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ. To God’s faithful people who have been scattered. Greetings.
- Psalms 107:14He brought them out of the dark, out of death’s shadow. He broke apart their chains.
- 2 Chronicles 33:11So the Lord made the army commanders of the king of Assyria invade Judah. They took Manasseh captive, put a hook in his nose, put him in bronze shackles, and brought him to Babylon.
- Isaiah 61:1The Spirit of the Almighty Lord is with me because the Lord has anointed me to deliver good news to humble people. He has sent me to heal those who are brokenhearted, to announce that captives will be set free and prisoners will be released.
- Romans 6:22Now you have been freed from sin and have become God’s slaves. This results in a holy life and, finally, in everlasting life.
Commentaries on Psalms 116:16
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 16I am thy servant - Thou hast preserved me alive. I live with, for, and to Thee. I am thy willing domestic, the son of thine handmaid - like one born in thy house of a woman already thy property. I am a servant, son of thy servant, made free by thy kindness; but, refusing to go out, I have had my ear bored to thy door-post, and am to continue by free choice in thy house for ever. He alludes here to the case of the servant who, in the year of jubilee being…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 16O Lord, truly I am thy servant - In view of thy mercy in delivering me from death, I feel the obligation to give myself to thee. I see in the fact that thou hast thus delivered me, evidence that I am thy servant - that I am so regarded by thee; and I recognize the obligation to live as becomes one who has had this proof of favor and mercy. The son of thine handmaid - Of a pious mother. I see now the result of my training. I call to my recollection the…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 10-19Verses 10-19 When troubled, we do best to hold our peace, for we are apt to speak unadvisedly. Yet there may be true faith where there are workings of unbelief; but then faith will prevail; and being humbled for our distrust of God's word, we shall experience his faithfulness to it. What can the pardoned sinner, or what can those who have been delivered from trouble or distress, render to the Lord for his benefits? We cannot in any way profit him. Our…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 15-19No one lives or dies outside of God’s will. Having been given a second chance at life, the poet readily commits himself to the Lord with renewed acts of public devotion.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 15-1615-16. By the plea of being a homeborn servant, he intimates his claim on God's covenant love to His people.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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