New King James Version
Psalms 116:9
9I will 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.
- New International Version (NIV)that I may 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 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, O my soul, For the Lord has dealt bountifully with you. 8For You have delivered my soul from death, My eyes from tears, And my feet from falling. I will walk before the Lord In the land of the living. 10I believed, therefore I spoke, “I am greatly afflicted.” 11I said in my haste, “All men are liars.”
Read all of Psalms 116Psalms 116:9 word by word
אֶ֭תְהַלֵּךְ לִפְנֵ֣י יְהוָ֑ה בְּ֝אַרְצ֗וֹת הַֽחַיִּֽים׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Psalms 116:9
- Psalms 61:7He shall abide before God forever. Oh, prepare mercy and truth, which may preserve him!
- Genesis 17:1When Abram was ninety-nine years old, the Lord appeared to Abram and said to him, “I am Almighty God; walk before Me and be blameless.
- 1 Kings 2:4that the Lord may fulfill His word which He spoke concerning me, saying, ‘If your sons take heed to their way, to walk before Me in truth with all their heart and with all their soul,’ He said, ‘you shall not lack a man on the throne of Israel.’
- 1 Kings 8:25Therefore, Lord God of Israel, now keep what You promised Your servant David my father, saying, ‘You shall not fail to have a man sit before Me on the throne of Israel, only if your sons take heed to their way, that they walk before Me as you have walked before Me.’
- 1 Kings 9:4Now if you walk before Me as your father David walked, in integrity of heart and in uprightness, to do according to all that I have commanded you, and if you keep My statutes and My judgments,
- Luke 1:6And they were both righteous before God, walking in all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord blameless.
- Psalms 27:13I would have lost heart, unless I had believed That I would see the goodness of the Lord In the land of the living.
- Isaiah 53:8He was taken from prison and from judgment, And who will declare His generation? For He was cut off from the land of the living; For the transgressions of My people He was stricken.
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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