Psalms 116:4

The Holy Bible, Berean Study Bible

Contextual Overview

¹I love the LORD, for He has heard my voice-my appeal for mercy. ²Because He has inclined His ear to me, I will call on Him as long as I live. ³The ropes of death entangled me, and the anguish of Sheol overcame me; I was confronted by trouble and sorrow. ⁴Then I called on the name of the LORD: "O LORD, deliver my soul!"⁵The LORD is gracious and righteous; our God is full of compassion. ⁶The LORD preserves the simplehearted; I was helpless, and He saved me. ⁷Return to your rest, O my soul, for the LORD has been good to you. ⁸For You have delivered my soul from death, my eyes from tears, my feet from stumbling. ⁹I will walk before the LORD in the land of the living.

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called: Psalms 22:1-3, Psalms 30:7, Psalms 30:8, Psalms 34:6, Psalms 50:15, Psalms 118:5, Psalms 130:1, Psalms 130:2, 2 Chronicles 33:12, 2 Chronicles 33:13, Isaiah 37:15-20, Isaiah 38:1-3, John 2:2

O Lord: Psalms 6:4, Psalms 22:20, Psalms 25:17, Psalms 40:12, Psalms 40:13, Psalms 142:4-6, Psalms 143:6-9, Luke 18:13, Luke 23:42, Luke 23:43

Reciprocal: Genesis 12:8 - called Judges 16:28 - called 1 Samuel 30:6 - was greatly 2 Samuel 22:4 - I will 2 Samuel 22:7 - my distress Psalms 9:13 - thou Psalms 107:19 - General Psalms 120:1 - my distress Isaiah 37:3 - General Lamentations 3:55 - General Matthew 14:30 - Lord Luke 8:24 - Master Acts 2:24 - loosed

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Then called I upon the name of the Lord,.... Upon the Lord himself in prayer for speedy deliverance; or "in the name of the Lord" h, in the name of the Messiah, the only Mediator between God and man; "saying", as follows, and which word may be supplied,

O Lord, I beseech thee, deliver my soul; from these sorrows and pains, from these afflictions and distresses, from death and the grave, and from wrath, and a sense of it, and fears about it.

h בשם יהוה "in nomine Domini", Montanus, Musculus, Vatablus.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Then called I upon the name of the Lord - Upon the Lord. I had no other refuge. I felt that I must perish unless he should interpose, and I pleaded with him for deliverance and life. Compare the notes at Psalms 18:6.

O Lord, I beseech thee, deliver my soul - My life. Save me from death. This was not a cry for salvation, but for life. It is an example for us, however, to call on God when we feel that the soul is in danger of perishing, for then, as in the case of the psalmist, we have no other refuge but God.