Psalms 116:1
I love the LORD, for He has heard my voice—my appeal for mercy.
Majority Standard Bible
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, I will call on Him as long as I live.
Cross References
Genesis 35:2So Jacob told his household and all who were with him, “Get rid of the foreign gods that are among you. Purify yourselves and change your garments.
1 Samuel 1:26“Please, my lord,” said Hannah, “as surely as you live, my lord, I am the woman who stood here beside you praying to the LORD.
Psalms 18:1For the choirmaster. Of David the servant of the LORD, who sang this song to the LORD on the day the LORD had delivered him from the hand of all his enemies and from the hand of Saul. He said: I love You, O LORD, my strength.
Psalms 28:6Blessed be the LORD, for He has heard my cry for mercy.
Psalms 34:3Magnify the LORD with me; let us exalt His name together.
Psalms 66:19But God has surely heard; He has attended to the sound 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 →