New English Translation
Psalms 116:4
4I called on the name of the Lord, “Please Lord, rescue my life!”
Psalms 116:4 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Then called I upon the name of the Lord; O Lord, I beseech thee, deliver my soul.
- New International Version (NIV)Then I called on the name of the Lord: “Lord, save me!”
- English Standard Version (ESV)Then I called on the name of the Lord: "O Lord, I pray, deliver my soul!"
- New King James Version (NKJV)Then I called upon the name of the Lord: “O Lord, I implore You, deliver my soul!”
Context of Psalms 116:4
2and listened to me. As long as I live, I will call to him when I need help. 3The ropes of death tightened around me, the snares of Sheol confronted me. I was confronted with trouble and sorrow. I called on the name of the Lord, “Please Lord, rescue my life!” 5The Lord is merciful and fair; our God is compassionate. 6The Lord protects the untrained; I was in serious trouble and he delivered me.
Read all of Psalms 116Psalms 116:4 word by word
וּבְשֵֽׁם־יְהוָ֥ה אֶקְרָ֑א אָנָּ֥ה יְ֝הוָ֗ה מַלְּטָ֥ה נַפְשִֽׁי׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Psalms 116:4
- Psalms 22:1My God, my God, why have you abandoned me? I groan in prayer, but help seems far away.
- Psalms 30:7O Lord, in your good favor you made me secure. Then you rejected me and I was terrified.
- Psalms 34:6This oppressed man cried out and the Lord heard; he saved him from all his troubles.
- Psalms 40:15May those who say to me, “Aha! Aha!” be humiliated and disgraced!
- Psalms 118:5In my distress I cried out to the Lord. The Lord answered me and put me in a wide open place.
- Psalms 130:1From the deep water I cry out to you, O Lord.
- 2 Chronicles 33:12In his pain Manasseh asked the Lord his God for mercy and truly humbled himself before the God of his ancestors.
- Isaiah 37:15Hezekiah prayed before the Lord:
- Isaiah 38:1In those days Hezekiah was stricken with a terminal illness. The prophet Isaiah son of Amoz visited him and told him, “This is what the Lord says, ‘Give instructions to your household, for you are about to die; you will not get well.’”
- John 2:2and Jesus and his disciples were also invited to the wedding.
- Psalms 6:4Relent, Lord, rescue me! Deliver me because of your faithfulness!
- Psalms 22:20Deliver me from the sword! Save my life from the claws of the wild dogs!
- Psalms 25:17Deliver me from my distress; rescue me from my suffering!
- Psalms 40:12For innumerable dangers surround me. My sins overtake me so I am unable to see; they outnumber the hairs of my head so my strength fails me.
- Psalms 142:4Look to the right and see! No one cares about me. I have nowhere to run; no one is concerned about my life.
- Psalms 143:6I spread my hands out to you in prayer; my soul thirsts for you in a parched land.
Commentaries on Psalms 116:4
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 4Then called I upon the name of the Lord - Upon the Lord. I had no other refuge. I felt that I must perish unless he should interpose, and I pleaded with him for deliverance and life. Compare the notes at Psalm 18:6. O Lord, I beseech thee, deliver my soul - My life. Save me from death. This was not a cry for salvation, but for life. It is an example for us, however, to call on God when we feel that the soul is in danger of perishing, for then, as in the…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 4This is the first of three times that the psalmist calls on the Lord’s name (which represents God's reputation).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 3-43-4. For similar figures for distress see Psa 18:4, 5. gat hold upon me--Another sense ("found") of the same word follows, as we speak of disease finding us, and of our finding or catching disease.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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