Psalms 116:3
About me were snares of death, the anguish of Sheol was upon me: distress and sorrow were mine.
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2For he has inclined his ear to me: I will call upon him as long as I live.
4Then I called on the name of the Lord: “I beseech you, O Lord, deliver me.”
Cross References
Psalms 18:4The waves of death broke about me, fearful floods of chaos.
Psalms 32:3When I held my peace, my bones wore away with my endless groaning;
Psalms 88:6In the deepest pit you have put me, in shadows deep and dark.
Jonah 2:2and said: I cried out of my distress, to the Lord and he answered me; out of the midst of Sheol I cried aloud, and you heard my voice.
Luke 22:44And, as his anguish became intense, he prayed still more earnestly, while his sweat was like great drops of blood falling on the ground.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 116:2-10
Grateful Acknowledgments. 1 I love the Lord , because he hath heard my voice and my supplications. 2 Because he hath inclined his ear unto me, therefore will I call upon him as long as I live. 3 The sorrows of death compassed me, and the pains of hell gat hold upon me: I found trouble and sorrow. 4 Then called I upon the name of the Lord ; O Lord , I beseech thee, deliver my soul. 5 Gracious is the Lord , and righteous; yea, our God is merciful. 6 The Lord preserveth the simple: I was brought low, and he helped… Read the whole commentary →