Psalms 116:1
I love LORD because he hears my voice and my supplications.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
I love the LORD, because he hath heard my voice and my supplications.
In Context
2Because he has inclined his ear to me, therefore I will call as long as I live.
Cross References
Genesis 35:2Then Jacob said to his household, and to all who were with him, Put away the foreign gods that are among you, and purify yourselves, and change your garments.
1 Samuel 1:26And she said, Oh, my lord, as thy soul lives, my lord, I am the woman who stood by thee here, praying to LORD.
Psalms 18:1I love thee, O LORD, my strength.
Psalms 28:6Blessed be LORD, because he has heard the voice of my supplications.
Psalms 34:3O magnify LORD with me, and let us exalt his name together.
Psalms 66:19But truly God has heard. He has attended to the voice of my prayer.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 116:1
This is a thanksgiving psalm; it is not certain whether David penned it upon any particular occasion or upon a general review of the many gracious deliverances God had wrought for him, out of six troubles and seven, which deliverances draw from him many very lively expressions of devotion, love, and gratitude; and with similar pious affections our souls should be lifted up to God in singing it. Observe, I. The great distress and danger that the psalmist was in, which almost drove him to despair, ver. 3 , 10 , 11 .… Read the whole commentary →