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Psalms 116:1
1I love the Lord, for he heard my voice; he heard my cry 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.
- English Standard Version (ESV)I love the Lord, because he has heard my voice and my pleas 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, for he heard my voice; he heard my cry for mercy. 2Because he turned his ear to me, I will call on him as long as I live. 3The cords of death entangled me, the anguish of the grave came over me; I was overcome by distress and sorrow.
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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, Lord, my strength.
- Psalms 119:132Turn to me and have mercy on me, as you always do to those who love your name.
- Mark 12:33To love him with all your heart, with all your understanding and with all your strength, and to love your neighbor as yourself is more important than all burnt offerings and sacrifices.”
- John 21:17The third time he said to him, “Simon son of John, do you love me?” Peter was hurt because Jesus asked him the third time, “Do you love me?” He said, “Lord, you know all things; you know that I love you.” Jesus said, “Feed my sheep.
- 1 John 4:19We love because he first loved us.
- 1 John 5:2This is how we know that we love the children of God: by loving God and carrying out his commands.
- Psalms 18:6In my distress I called to the Lord; I cried to my God for help. From his temple he heard my voice; my cry came before him, into his ears.
- Psalms 31:22In my alarm I said, “I am cut off from your sight!” Yet you heard my cry for mercy when I called to you for help.
- Psalms 34:3Glorify the Lord with me; let us exalt his name together.
- Psalms 40:1I waited patiently for the Lord; he turned to me and heard my cry.
- Psalms 66:19but God has surely listened and has heard my prayer.
- Psalms 69:33The Lord hears the needy and does not despise his captive people.
- Genesis 35:2So Jacob said to his household and to all who were with him, “Get rid of the foreign gods you have with you, and purify yourselves and change your clothes.
- 1 Samuel 1:26and she said to him, “Pardon me, my lord. As surely as you live, I am the woman who stood here beside you praying to the Lord.
- John 16:24Until now you have not asked for anything in my name. Ask and you will receive, and your joy will be complete.
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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