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Psalms 116:9
9that I may walk 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.
- 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.
- New Living Translation (NLT)And so I walk in the Lord’s presence as I live here on earth!
Context of Psalms 116:9
7Return to your rest, my soul, for the Lord has been good to you. 8For you, Lord, have delivered me from death, my eyes from tears, my feet from stumbling, that I may walk before the Lord in the land of the living. 10I trusted in the Lord when I said, “I am greatly afflicted”; 11in my alarm I said, “Everyone is a liar.”
Read all of Psalms 116Psalms 116:9 word by word
אֶ֭תְהַלֵּךְ לִפְנֵ֣י יְהוָ֑ה בְּ֝אַרְצ֗וֹת הַֽחַיִּֽים׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Psalms 116:9
- Psalms 61:7May he be enthroned in God’s presence forever; appoint your love and faithfulness to protect him.
- Genesis 17:1When Abram was ninety-nine years old, the Lord appeared to him and said, “I am God Almighty; walk before me faithfully and be blameless.
- 1 Kings 2:4and that the Lord may keep his promise to me: ‘If your descendants watch how they live, and if they walk faithfully before me with all their heart and soul, you will never fail to have a successor on the throne of Israel.’
- 1 Kings 8:25“Now Lord, the God of Israel, keep for your servant David my father the promises you made to him when you said, ‘You shall never fail to have a successor to sit before me on the throne of Israel, if only your descendants are careful in all they do to walk before me faithfully as you have done.’
- 1 Kings 9:4“As for you, if you walk before me faithfully with integrity of heart and uprightness, as David your father did, and do all I command and observe my decrees and laws,
- Luke 1:6Both of them were righteous in the sight of God, observing all the Lord’s commands and decrees blamelessly.
- Psalms 27:13I remain confident of this: I will see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living.
- Isaiah 53:8By oppression and judgment he was taken away. Yet who of his generation protested? For he was cut off from the land of the living; for the transgression of my people he was punished.
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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