Psalms 116:4

But then I called out to Yahweh, saying, “Yahweh, I plead with you to save/rescue me!”

Translation for Translators

In The King James Version

Then called I upon the name of the LORD; O LORD, I beseech thee, deliver my soul.

In Context

3Everything around me [MET] caused me to think that I would die; I was very afraid that I would die and go to the place where dead people are. I was very distressed/worried and afraid.

5Yahweh is kind and does what is right; he is our God, and he acts mercifully to us.

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Cross References

2 Chronicles 33:12There, while he was suffering, he humbled himself greatly in the presence of Yahweh, the God whom his ancestors worshiped, and pleaded with Yahweh to help him.

Psalms 6:5I will not be able to praise you after I die [RHQ]; No one in the place of the dead praises you.

Psalms 22:1My God, my God, why have you abandoned/deserted me? Why do you stay so far from me, and why do you not hear/help me [RHQ]? Why do you not hear me when I am groaning?

Psalms 25:17Help me to not worry, and rescue me from my troubles.

Psalms 34:6I was miserable/helpless, but I called out to Yahweh, and he heard me. He rescued me from all my troubles.

Psalms 50:15And pray to me when you have troubles. If you do that, I will rescue you, and then you will praise me.

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 →

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