—By the Rev. Because he turned his ear to me, I will call on him as long as I live. Psalm 140:6 I said to the LORD, You are my God: hear the voice of my supplications, O LORD. Psalm 116 I love the Lord, for he heard my voice;he heard my cry for mercy. I LOVE the LORD, because he hath heard my voice and my supplications. King James Bible I love the LORD, because he hath heard my voice and my supplications. Because he turned his ear to me, I will call on him as long as I live. Because he turned his ear to me, I will call on him as long as I live. Psalms 116:1-17 NKJV I love the LORD, because He has heard My voice and my supplications. The psalmist doesn’t spell out the nature of the peril except that it was extreme. “I love the LORD, because he heard the voice of my prayer…. Precious Deaths The text informs us that the deaths of God's saints are precious to him. He might have been in danger of death (v. 3), but his comments about the “cords of death” could be a metaphor for some other sort of peril. Psalm 116:1 "I love the LORD, because he hath heard my voice [and] my supplications." I have loved Lord Jehovah who will hear the voice of my prayer. Keil and Delitzsch Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament . (Psalm 116:1-2, New International Version) Understanding the Lord's love, presence, and nearness should lead us to serve him and to deepen our relationship with him. Psalm 18:1-6. 116:1-19). 4 Then called I upon the name of the LORD; O LORD, I beseech thee, deliver my soul. Psalm 116:1 Parallel. The psalm begins with a profession of love for the Lord, because He listens to prayers (v. 1). After this confession of Israel there now arises a voice that addresses itself to Israel. Because he turned his ear to me, I will call on him as long as I live. .” (Ps. The psalmist is giving thanks to Yahweh for saving him from peril (v. 6). Because he turned his ear to me, I will call on him as long as I live. 1 I love the LORD, because he hath heard my voice and my supplications. His heart was full of that special joy, tenderness, kindness, and peace, which love produces. 3468, B.C. Psalm 116:1-12 I love the LORD, for he heard my voice; he heard my cry for mercy. He heard my voice; he heard my cry for mercy. I love the LORD, because he hath heard my voice and my supplications. In ancient times, after the Passover feast, this psalm would be read immediately following the third cup of wine called “the cup of Salvation.” For them, this represented the image of a redeemed life provided by God. Because he turned his ear to me, I will call on him as long as I live. In the 1971 Liturgy of the Hours both occur in week 2: 115 (116b) is at the Sunday Vigil and 114 at Friday Vespers. Psalm 116 I love the LORD, for he heard my voice; he heard my cry for mercy. Dr. EDERSHEIM, Torquay, 1873, "there is a brief exposition of Ps 116:1-12. 4 Then I called on the name m of the Lord: “ Lord, save me! Isaiah 37:17 j. That is, the psalmist was conscious of love; he felt it glowing in his soul. Psalm 116. New Living Translation I love the LORD because he hears my voice and my prayer for mercy. PSALM 116 * Thanksgiving to God Who Saves from Death I. From several instances of the Chaldee dialect being used in this Psalm, it appears to have been written after the Babylonian captivity. Death wrapped its ropes around me; the terrors of … n ” Both are assigned to Monday Vespers in the 1911 Roman Breviary of Pius X. (v 2) I was about to die, and in fact I did die! Because He has inclined His ear to me, Therefore I will call upon Him as long as I live. Psalm 116 (in the Masoretic or Hebrew numbering) is divided into two psalms in the septuagint numbering of the Vulgate, 114 (first 9 lines) and 115. 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