Psalms 116:1
I have loved, because YHWH hears My voice, my supplication,
Literal Standard 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, || And during my days I call.
Cross References
Genesis 35:2And Jacob says to his household, and to all who [are] with him, “Turn aside the gods of the stranger which [are] in your midst, and cleanse yourselves, and change your garments;
1 Samuel 1:26and she says, “O my lord, your soul lives! My lord, I [am] the woman who stood with you in this [place], to pray to YHWH;
Psalms 18:1TO THE OVERSEER. BY A SERVANT OF YHWH, BY DAVID, WHO HAS SPOKEN TO YHWH THE WORDS OF THIS SONG IN THE DAY YHWH DELIVERED HIM FROM THE HAND OF ALL HIS ENEMIES, AND FROM THE HAND OF SAUL, AND HE SAYS: I love You, O YHWH, my strength.
Psalms 28:6Blessed [is] YHWH, || For He has heard the voice of my supplications.
Psalms 34:3Ascribe greatness to YHWH with me, || And we exalt His Name together.
Psalms 66:19But 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 →