Psalms 116:9
I will serve Yahweh 1 in the land of the living. 1
Unlocked Literal Bible
In The King James Version
I will walk before the LORD in the land of the living.
In Context
8For you rescued my life from death, 1 my eyes from tears, 1 and my feet from stumbling. 1
10I believed in him, even when I said, 1 “I am greatly afflicted.” 1
Cross References
1 Kings 2:4so that Yahweh may fulfill his word which he spoke concerning me, saying, 'If your sons carefully watch their conduct, to walk before me faithfully with all their heart and with all their soul, you will never cease to have a man on the throne of Israel.'
1 Kings 9:4As for you, if you walk before me as David your father walked in integrity of heart and in uprightness, obeying all that I have commanded you and keeping my statutes and my decrees,
Psalms 61:7He will remain before God forever. 1
Luke 1:6They were both righteous before God, obeying all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord.
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 →