Tree of Life Version
Psalms 116:1
1I love Adonai, for He hears my voice, my cries.
Psalms 116:1 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)I love the Lord, because he hath heard my voice and my supplications.
- New International Version (NIV)I love the Lord, for he heard my voice; he heard my cry for mercy.
- 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.
Context of Psalms 116:1
I love Adonai, for He hears my voice, my cries. 2Because He has turned His ear to me, I will call on Him all my days. 3The ropes of death entangled me, and the torments of Sheol found me. I found trouble and sorrow.
Read all of Psalms 116Psalms 116:1 word by word
אָ֭הַבְתִּי כִּֽי־יִשְׁמַ֥ע׀ יְהוָ֑ה אֶת־ק֝וֹלִ֗י תַּחֲנוּנָֽי׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Psalms 116:1
- Psalms 18:1For the music director: a psalm of David the servant of Adonai. He chanted the words of this song to Adonai on the day Adonai delivered him from the hand of all his enemies, and from the hand of Saul.
- Psalms 119:132Turn to me and be gracious to me, as is fitting to those who love Your Name.
- Mark 12:33And ‘to love Him with all the heart, with all the understanding, and with all the strength,’ and ‘to love the neighbor as oneself,’ is much more than all burnt offerings and sacrifices.”
- John 21:17He said to him a third time, “Simon, son of John, do you love Me?” Peter was grieved because He said to him for a third time, “Do you love Me?” And he said to Him, “Lord, You know everything! You know that I love You!” Yeshua said to him, “Feed My sheep!”
- 1 John 4:19We love, because He first loved us.
- 1 John 5:2We know that we love God’s children by this—when we love God and obey His commandments.
- Psalms 18:6Cords of Sheol coiled around me. Snares of death came before me.
- Psalms 31:22Blessed be Adonai, for He has shown me His wonderful love in a besieged city.
- Psalms 34:3My soul boasts in Adonai. The humble ones hear of it and rejoice.
- Psalms 40:1For the music director, a psalm of David.
- Psalms 66:19But surely God has heard. He has listened to my voice in prayer.
- Psalms 69:33The humble will see it and be glad. You who seek God, let your hearts revive.
- Genesis 35:2So Jacob said to his household and to everyone who was with him, “Get rid of the foreign gods that are among you. Cleanse yourselves and change your clothes.
- 1 Samuel 1:26“It’s me, my lord!” she said. “As your soul lives, my lord, I am the woman that stood by you here, praying to Adonai.
- John 16:24Up to now, you have not asked for anything in My name. Ask and you will receive, so that your joy may be full.
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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