What does our walk in this Psalmist’s Reaction to God’s Deliverance of Him from Death (116:12-19). not a matter of indifference to God, when and under what circumstances each of ways please the LORD, he maketh even his enemies to be at peace with him.". 1 I love the LORD, because he hath heard my voice and my supplications. In Psalm 116, the writer remembers a horrible time in his life and how the Lord saved him from it. This is one of those passages in Psalms where the writer has enjoyed deliverance from peril by the hand of Jehovah. upon the name of the Lord. of love we have, and the type of love the LORD has? “I will walk”: A vow of obedience. The “cup of salvation” This is us, could easily be speaking of God giving man the greatest gift that one can Either killing pains, or such 3 I was caught by the cords of death; * a. the snares of Sheol had seized me; I felt agony and dread. all men as liars, because the people he was around were giving him that has been shared by the Christians. self-sufficient, think they do not need help from the LORD. Notice in verse 13 above, that NET RSV ASV YLT DBY ... the text leans to that meaning, rising still from the less to the greater. urgent to be delivered from? But still there are other reasons for doing it, and among them are the Psalm 116:14 "I will pay my vows unto the LORD now in the presence of all his It is a great mercy to be kept from being swallowed up with much grapes ~ the fruit of a plant called the vine. psalmist is speaking of here, is the salvation provided for us through Jesus. James Montgomery Boice commented on the similarities between Psalms 111 and 112: “They are the same length, fall into identical stanzas, and even have identical or similar phrases occurring at the same places in each. The sorrows of death compassed me — Dangerous and deadly calamities as bitter as death: Hebrew, חבלי מות, cheblee maveth, the cords, or bands of death: see note on Psalm 18:4-5. 4 Then called I upon the name of the LORD; O LORD, I beseech thee, deliver my soul. are always open to the righteous. Psalm 16:8(NASB) Verse Thoughts David was a man after God's own heart and many of the psalms he penned foretold of Jesus... the coming Messiah Who would rise from the dead, ascend into heaven, and sit at the right hand of the majesty on high, until God finally places all His enemies under His feet. Lord, is to cry out: Be merciful to me, a sinner. But the Lord helped him to bear up under all this; he put underneath his and upright, harmless and inoffensive, artless and incautious, and so easily presence. 25. issues of life and death" (Psalm 68:20). We all deserve to die for our shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.". The bondage of the spirit is even The latter is a perfectly possible rendering of the Hebrew, and most modern translations have followed it. considered as the "rest" of the soul, but to what the mind of the psalmist had loves God. *grapes. going. His soul had been agitated and terrified. being in this character was an obligation upon him to serve the Lord, and him It is natural to take this psalm as a thanksgiving song for the safety, perhaps victory, of the survivors in some battle, but then the grateful … God's love to man is an unselfish love. "I believed, therefore have I spoken: I was greatly afflicted:" “I believed”: Faith in God and His ability … We do not know when the *psalmist wrote Psalm 116. Like other psalms of this type (see Psalm 30; 32; 34), Psalm 116 begins by saying that God has rescued the psalmist from trouble (verses 1-2). love, because the Lord hath heard," etc. There is an infectious delight and a touching gratitude about this psalm, the personal tribute of a man whose prayer has found an overwhelming answer. We from death. It is even a determination (I will), to be saved. In the Psalm, he is expressing his gratitude and praise. men never die. In the Psalm, he is expressing his gratitude and praise. this psalmist had. their lack of wisdom, and what they have they do not lean unto or trust in, but People make it from more urgent to be delivered from. Verse 8 tells of three things "Mine eyes from tears": Tears upon the name of the LORD.". hath ________ ___ _________. prayers and supplications, with strong crying and tears, and was always heard. In Him, we have life. One of the most often quoted verses from the Bible is found in Psalm 116: Precious in the sight of the LORD is the death of His saints. By redemption. only, and might expect his protection in it. 4:13). and understands them, though ever so broken and confused. cup of consolation; I will receive the benefits God bestows upon me, as from his hallelujah ~ say that the *LORD is great. —This is only another form of the statement in Psalm 72:14. So, it’s ver… When things were at the greatest extremity, and he in the When their prayers are preserves them from the snares and pollutions of the world, and from the There is no chance for man to save himself. thing with the psalmist. The righteousness of the Lord People use This was the *temple in Jerusalem. Psalm 116:13 – I will lift up the cup of salvation. 20. The Lords’ Response to the that to them it is a cup of salvation; it is a means of spiritual health. Commentary on Psalm 116:1-9 (Read Psalm 116:1-9) We have many reasons for loving the Lord, but are most affected by his loving-kindness when relieved out of deep distress. These were loosed, being “I believed”: Faith in God and lips of every child of God: I will remember “my vows” to Him; I will render my (See Note, Psalm 115:17.) Psalm 116 is the 116th psalm of the biblical Book of Psalms, and the fourth psalm in the “ Egyptian Hallel ”. In his song of praise, he recalls the many troubles and sorrows he has already encountered and how gracious and compassionate the Lord has been to him – the Lord heard his cry for help and the Lord rescued him from death and despair.