Our raham God is sympathetic to those in need. ; and Briggs, Charles A., The Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon (Peabody, Massachusetts: Hendrickson Publishers, 1906, 2004), Doniach, N.S. Hasiyd means kind, merciful, or pious––i.e., those whose lives manifest their deep faith in Yahweh––those who have determined to allow Yahweh and Yahweh’s law to shape their lives. When the psalmist prays for Yahweh to deliver his soul, he is really asking for Yahweh to save his life. (Read Psalm 116:1-9) We have many reasons for loving the Lord, but are most affected by his loving-kindness when relieved out of deep distress. Pride stands in the way of listening to wise counsel. How can the psalmist be both a servant and free at the same time? In his song of praise, he recalls the many troubles and sorrows he has already encountered and how gracious and compassionate the Lord has been to him – the Lord heard his cry for help and the Lord rescued him from death and despair. Neither ignorance nor guilt will hinder their salvation, when they put their trust in the Lord. Ps. All Rights Reserved. But none die without notice from Yahweh––because their deaths (and lives) are precious in Yahweh’s sight. But let all such call upon the Lord to deliver their souls, and they will find him gracious and true to his promise. Psalms 116:3 The sorrows of death compassed me, and the pains of hell gat hold upon me: I found trouble and sorrow. 116:11b). “He hath inclined his ear.” When a poor sinner is awakened to a sense of his state, and fears that he must soon sink under the just wrath of God, then he finds trouble and sorrow. My primary regret was the thought of my mother receiving the news of my death. There is a tone of great gladness of heart—perhaps we may detect some exuberance of spirit—in this outpouring. The Court of the Gentiles (open to Gentiles). For the most part, the Old Testament holds out no promise of an afterlife or resurrection. But he is not only a servant, but the son of a servant––Yahweh’s handmaid. The psalmist believed in Yahweh, and that gave him confidence to face his adversities. With a UCG.org account you will be able to save items to read and study later! "Because he hath inclined his ear unto me, therefore will I call upon [him] as long as I live." Yahweh counts saints as precious, because they are members of his family––loved ones. “Precious in the sight of Yahweh is the death of his saints” (Hebrew: hasiyd) (v. 15). Because he inclined his ear to me, therefore I will call on him as long as I live. Psalm 116:1. from the words "and abundant in goodness and truth" onwards. He may have in mind ropes or nets that he has used to ensnare game. We should deem ourselves bound to walk as in his presence. He felt “the cords of death” and “the pains of Sheol” (v. 3). The word saddiq means just or righteous. “Yahweh is Gracious (Hebrew: hannun) and righteous” (Hebrew: saddiq) (v. 5a). Yet most people today have never heard of John Gill. While the psalmist believed in Yahweh, he determined that he couldn’t believe in men. 15 Precious in the sight of Yahweh is the death of his saints. Such a vow could be, “Save me, Lord, and I will do (whatever).”. I will take the cup of salvation; I will offer the drink-offerings appointed by the law, in token of thankfulness to God, and rejoice in God's goodness to me. therefore I will call on him as long as I live. 6. Psa 116 . What does he have that Yahweh needs? The word malat is more usually used to mean escape or flee. The word raham means merciful or compassionate. “I will take the cup of salvation” (v. 13a). Psalm 116:12(HCSB) Verse Thoughts. The psalmist can’t repay Yahweh for saving his life, but he can give thanks––and praise Yahweh in a public setting. “and my cries for mercy” (Hebrew: tahanun) (v. 1b). The word nepes means soul. Matthew Henry :: Commentary on Psalms 116 ← Back to Matthew Henry's Bio & Resources . The psalmist cannot repay Yahweh for this salvation act, but he can give thanks. “and call on the name of Yahweh” (v. 13b). But oddly enough, after acknowledging his servitude, the psalmist also acknowledges his God-given freedom. Psalm 116:5-9. (10-19). Return, O my soul! into thy rest; for Jehovah hath recompensed unto thee. Commentary, Psalm 116:1-9, James K. Mead, Preaching This Week, WorkingPreacher.org, 2018. I was brought low, and he saved me. Ps. Psalm 116:8 Keil and Delitzsch Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament With "gracious" and "compassionate" is here associated, as in Psalm 112:4 , the term "righteous," which comprehends within itself everything that Jahve asserts concerning Himself in Exodus 34:6 . The psalmist describes a three part salvation:  From death, tears, or falling. “We love (God), because he first loved us” (1 John 4:19). Let us all speak of God as we have found him; and have we ever found him otherwise than just and good? It means the grave or death (Genesis 37:35; 42:38, etc.). Ps 116:1-19. Posted on Jan 18, 2006 by Beyond Today Editor Estimated reading time: 10 minutes. People who are riding high are seldom good candidates for repentance. 17 I will offer to you the sacrifice of thanksgiving, The Praise of Israel for Deliverance from Death. 116 I y love the L ord, because he has z heard. Not as … Some saints die as martyrs, and others die in bed. We cannot in any way profit him. Anderson, A.A., The New Century Bible Commentary: Psalms 73-150 (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1972), Broyles, Craig C., New International Biblical Commentary: Psalms (Peabody, Massachusetts: Hendrickson Publishers, 1999, Brueggemann, Walter, The Message of the Psalms A Theological Commentary (Minneapolis: Augsburg Press, 1984), Clifford, Richard J., Abingdon Old Testament Commentaries: Psalms 73-150 (Nashville: Abingdon Press, 2003), DeClaisse-Walford, Nancy; Jacobson, Rolf A.; Tanner, Beth Laneel, The New International Commentary on the Old Testament:  The Book of Psalms (Grand Rapids:  Wm. ), Eerdmans Dictionary of the Bible (Grand Rapids: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Co., 2000), Mounce, William D., (ed. He could have no confidence in them. the pains of Sheol got a hold of me. You have freed me from my chains. ), The Anchor Yale Bible Dictionary, 6 vol. “I will pay my vows to Yahweh, yes, in the presence of all his people” (v. 14). Because he turned his ear to me, I will call on him as long as I live. John Calvin comments on today’s passage that the distress of the psalmist “was removed from him, because he felt that God was indeed propitious towards him.” Knowing that the Lord has good things for His people and is eager to hear us is an encouragement for us to call out to Him, and His deliverance gives us further reason to love and worship Him. But there is one thing that the psalmist can do. Because he hath inclined his ear unto me, therefore will I call upon him as long as I live. I am your servant, the son of your handmaid” (v. 16). © 2021 Christianity.com. This is a psalm of individual thanksgiving. Let those who labour and are heavy laden come to him, that they may find rest to their souls; and if at all drawn from their rest, let them haste to return, remembering how bountifully the Lord has dealt with them. The ASV, which is also in the public domain due to expired copyrights, was a very good translation, but included many archaic words (hast, shineth, etc. “Yahweh, I beg you, deliver (Hebrew: malat) my soul” (Hebrew: nepes) (v. 4b). (General Editor), New International Dictionary of Old Testament Theology & Exegesis, 5 vol., (Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1997), All Rights Reserved | © 1997-2020 Richard Niell Donovan. What can the pardoned sinner, or what can those who have been delivered from trouble or distress, render to the Lord for his benefits? The cup of consolation; I will receive the benefits God bestows upon me, as from his hand, and taste his love in them, as the portion not only of mine inheritance in the other world, but of my cup in this. "It seems fitting that a service in which Psalm 116 is the sermon text would create the time and space for worshipers to offer testimony to answered prayer and to intercede for those who are still waiting for … The psalmist paints vivid pictures in this verse. A just person wants adherence to high standards. There is a presence of Aramaisms in the psalm which has been interpreted by a few as evidence of a late date, though this is not definitive. Once a person is dead, he/she feels no more pain. I found trouble and sorrow. Assuming that האמנתּי and אמרתּי in Psalm 116:11 stand on the same line in point of time, it seems that it must be interpreted I had faith, for I spake (was obliged to speak); but אדבר, separated from האמנתי by כי, is opposed to the colouring relating to the contemporaneous past. Presumably the psalmist made such a vow when his life was threatened. Psalm 116 is fourth in a group of psalms known as the “Egyptian Hallel” psalms (Psalms 113-118), the psalms recited at the Passover meal on the eighth day of Passover. The psalmist will pay his vows now; he will not delay the payment: publicly, not to make a boast, but to show he is not ashamed of God's service, and to invite others to join him. Psalms 116 Commentary, One of over 110 Bible commentaries freely available, this one volume concise commentary provides a condensed look at nearly every verse in the Bible and will call on the name of Yahweh. 14 I will pay my vows to Yahweh, and Kahane, Ahuvia, The Oxford English-Hebrew Dictionary (Oxford University Press, 1998), Fohrer, Georg, Hebrew & Aramaic Dictionary of the Old Testament (SCM Press, 2012), Freedman, David Noel (ed. In ancient times, after the Passover feast, this psalm would be read immediately following the third cup of wine called “the cup of Salvation.” For them, this represented the image of a redeemed life provided by God. 5 Yahweh is Gracious and righteous. “I was greatly afflicted.”, 11 I said in my haste, The Israelites thought of the person holistically, and would never have divided the person into body and soul, as the Greeks were later to do. Psalms 116:1 I love the LORD, because he hath heard my voice and my supplications. The Court of Israelites (open to ritually pure Israelite men). The bonds thou hast loosed shall tie me faster unto thee. See the comments on verse 14 above. (1-9) His desire to be thankful. They are also precious because their lives, their faith, and their witness help to move this world toward the ideal that Yahweh wants it to be. Pastor Mike Schreib (2017-06-25)Bible Baptist Church International, CAhttp://www.bbcinternational.org The word Sheol appears in the Old Testament about 60 times. By birth. But in this verse, the psalmist takes the cup of salvation––drinks deeply from the blessing that Yahweh has bestowed on him––on the renewed life that Yahweh has given him. The Court of Priests (restricted to priests). Because he hath inclined his ear unto me, therefore will I call upon him as long as I live. yes, in the presence of all his people. This verse stands in dramatic contrast to verse 10. The Hebrew word yah is an abbreviated form of Yahweh (the name of God, often translated “the Lord.”)  It is found twice in Exodus (15:2; 17:16), once in Isaiah (38:11), and a number of times in the Psalms. “I was brought low, and (Yahweh) saved me” (v. 6b). “You have freed me from my chains” (v. 16b). Psalms 116, Coffman Commentaries on the Bible, One of over 110 Bible commentaries freely available, this commentary, by the leading authority in the Church of Christ, presents a verse level look at the Bible. But God sent a man who had trained as a lifeguard to swim to me and pull me to shore. The writer celebrates the deliverance from extreme perils by which he was favored, and pledges grateful and pious public acknowledgments. 4 Then called I upon the name of the LORD; O LORD, I beseech thee, deliver my soul. Samuel Johnson wrote, “When a man knows he is to be hanged, it concentrates his mind wonderfully.”. Psalms 113 and 114 are read before the meal; Psalm 115-118 are read at its conclusion, while drinking the fourth cup of celebratory wine. For me, it was getting caught in a rip tide that carried me so far from shore that boats passing between me and the shore didn’t see me. In these verses, the psalmist paints a picture of desperation. Our word hallelujah comes from hallel (praise) and yah (Yahweh or God or the Lord), so it means “praise the Lord.”. It is of his mercies that we are not consumed. 13 I will take the cup of salvation, and call on the name of Yahweh. Nowhere in the Old Testament is it described as a place of punishment. Many of our wounds are self-inflicted, and that may be how the psalmist sees his problems––self-inflicted. in the midst of you, Jerusalem. “I found trouble and sorrow” (v. 3c). 1. Audio Commentary: Psalm 116 Psalm 116 1 I love the LORD, because he hath heard my voice and my supplications. (Nashville: Abingdon Press, 2006-2009), VanGemeren, Willem A. So the psalmist is describing his anguish at the thought of his impending death. “I will walk before Yahweh in the land of the living” (v. 9). “For you have delivered my soul from death, my eyes from tears, and my feet from falling” (v. 8). It is a great mercy to be kept from being swallowed up with over-much sorrow. Sign In | Sign Up × Vowing service to God in thanks for His deliverance . If so, the context of this Psalm is not sickness but treachery (cf. This psalm reveals the heart of a passionate man, so we can imagine him pleading passionately for God’s mercy. yes, in the presence of all his people. I love the LORD, for he heard my voice; he heard my cry for mercy. In addition to these audio and video commentaries, you can review the available text commentaries. As such, even if his father should gain freedom, as the son of a handmaid, the psalmist would remain a servant (Exodus 21:4). Yahweh’s saints die––as do we all. 9 I will walk before Yahweh in the land of the living. This is one of those passages in Psalms where the writer has enjoyed deliverance from peril by the hand of Jehovah. This would be the Jerusalem temple, which had four courts: Presumably, the psalmist would pay his vows in the Court of Israelites. 4:13, but the MT is uncertain. I was sure I was going to die, because I could see no possibility of rescue. He maintained his faith when sorely tempted to think that Yahweh had abandoned him. 14b (Downers Grove, Illinois:  Inter-Varsity Press, 1973), Limburg, James, Westminster Bible Companion: Psalms (Louisville: Westminster John Knox Press, 2000, Mays, James Luther, Interpretation: Psalms (Louisville: John Knox, 1994), McCann, J. Clinton, Jr., The New Interpreter’s Bible: The Book of Psalms, Vol. I didn’t know that I should swim parallel to the shore to get out of the rip tide. Login or Create an Account. Yes, our God is merciful. “Yes, our God is merciful”  (Hebrew: raham) (v. 5b). But disaster shatters pride and enforces reality. Unlike Psalm 118, however, Psalm 116 contains no elements of a communal hymn. In fact, this terrible word, "death," is a thematic word of Psalm 116 that … Psalms 116:2 Because he hath inclined his ear unto me, therefore will I call upon him as long as I live. To turn one’s ear to someone is to position yourself to hear that person as clearly as possible. The word ‘aman means to have the confidence that comes from depending on a reliable resource, such as a loving parent––or Yahweh. 18 I will pay my vows to Yahweh, 10 I believed, therefore I said, “Yahweh, truly I am your servant. my eyes from tears, ), Mounce’s Complete Expository Dictionary of Old and New Testament Words (Grand Rapids:  Zondervan, 2006), Renn, Stephen D., Expository Dictionary of Biblical Words: Word Studies for Key English Bible Words Based on the Hebrew and Greek Texts (Peabody, Massachusetts: Hendrickson Publishers, Inc., 2005), Richards, Lawrence O., Encyclopedia of Bible Words (Zondervan, 1985, 1991), Sakenfeld, Katharine Doob (ed. “I will pay my vows to Yahweh, yes, in the presence of all his people” (v. 18). 3 b The snares of death encompassed me; the pangs of Sheol laid hold on me; I suffered distress and anguish. Yahweh allowed the psalmist to fall, to become a person of no account, to hit bottom––not for punishment but for redemption. 31:22). The thanksgiving offering required the sacrifice of an animal as well as an offering of unleavened cakes and wafers mixed with oil” (Leviticus 7:12). 1 I love Yahweh, because he listens to my voice, CONTENT DISCLAIMER: The Blue Letter Bible ministry and the BLB Institute hold to the historical, conservative Christian faith, which includes a firm belief in the inerrancy of Scripture. The psalmist’s question is rhetorical. The offering had to be eaten the same day. 1, 2. Lord, I was born in thy house; I am the son of thine handmaid, and therefore thine. “He hath inclined his ear” — stooped down, as it were, as you do to a sick person to catch his faintest word. 2 Because he hath inclined his ear unto me, therefore will I call upon him as long as I live. for Yahweh has dealt bountifully with you. This is Psalm 116: "I love the LORD, because he hath heard my voice and my supplications. (New Haven: Yale University Press, 2007), Freedman, David Noel (Ed. 8 For you have delivered my soul from death, Praise Yah! The psalmist says that, because Yahweh turned his ear to him––made a special effort to hear him––the psalmist will continue to call on Yahweh for as long as the psalmist lives. The psalmist is praying for Yahweh’s help in escaping from the peril that so threatens him. 3 The cords of death surrounded me, He might have been in danger of death (v. 3), but his comments about the “cords of death” could be a metaphor for some other sort of peril. We do not know when the *psalmist wrote Psalm 116. Thanksgiving (Psalms 116:10-19) Redeemed Israel expresseth in this Psalm her love to Jehovah for His gracious deliverances, for answered prayer and for His salvation. It is only natural, then, that the psalmist will pledge true loyalty to Yahweh. In the Psalm, he is expressing his gratitude and praise. Then the psalm describes the distressing circumstance now past (verse 3), recalls a prayer for help (verse 4) along with the Lord’s … Continue reading "Commentary on Psalm 116:1-2, 12-19" “in the courts of Yahweh’s house, in the midst of you, Jerusalem” (v. 19a). “I will offer to you the sacrifice of thanksgiving, and will call on the name of Yahweh” (v. 17). and my feet from falling. The LXX translation of Ps. Love is a natural response to being saved. 3  (Grand Rapids: Kregel Publications, 2016), Tate, Marvin E., Word Biblical Commentary: Psalms 51-100 (Dallas: Word Books, 1990), Waltner, James H., Believers Church Bible Commentary: Psalms (Scottdale, Pennsylvania: Herald Press, 2006), Baker, Warren (ed. 16 Yahweh, truly I am your servant. The word tahanun means a prayer of supplication or a plea for mercy. It is a great mercy for God to hold us by the right hand, so that we are not overcome and overthrown by a temptation. The "rest" of Ps. Since Yahweh has saved his life, the psalmist pledges to walk before Yahweh “in the land of the living”––while the psalmist is alive. “Then I called on the name of Yahweh” (v. 4a). It is a great mercy to be children of godly parents. 19 in the courts of Yahweh’s house, Graciousness and mercy (hannun) and just and righteous (saddiq) would seem to be polar opposites. Psalm 116 . Some old Bibles make Psalm 116 into 2 psalms: verses 1-9 is the first, verses 10-18 the second. Matthew Henry’s Bible Commentary (concise), Matthew Henry Bible Commentary (complete), California - Do Not Sell My Personal Information. Is dead, he/she feels no obligation to God in thanks for deliverance from tears, and that may considering. Service to God or man will be glorified shall tie me faster thee. Of godly parents the words `` and abundant in goodness and truth ''.! Your servant, serving Yahweh out psalm 116 commentary gratitude: hasiyd ) ( v. 6 ) ”... 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