116:1,2God is so responsive that you can always reach him. He bends down and listens to your voice. This writer's love for the LORD had grown because he had experienced answers to his prayers. If you are discouraged, remember that God is near, listening carefully to every prayer and answering each one in order to give you his best.
Life Application Study BiblePsalmsChapter 116
Psalm 116
New Living Translation · Life Application Study Bible · Original pages: 967, 968
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116Psalm 116
1and my prayer for mercy.
2Because he bends down to listen,I will pray as long as I have breath!
3Death wrapped its ropes around me;the terrors of the grave* overtook me.I saw only trouble and sorrow.
4Then I called on the name of the LORD:“Please, LORD, save me!”
5How kind the LORD is! How good he is!So merciful, this God of ours!
6The LORD protects those of childtike faith;I was facing death, and he saved me.
7Let my soul be at rest again,for the LORD has been good to me.
8He has saved me from death,my eyes from tears,my feet from stumbling.
9And so I walk in the LORD’s presenceas I live here on earth!10 } believed in you, so I said,“Tam deeply troubled, LORD.”
11In my anxiety I cried out to you,“These people are all liars!”
12What can I offer the LORDfor all he has done for me?
13J will lift up the cup of salvationand praise the LORD’s name for saving me.
14T will keep my promises to the LORDin the presence of all his people.
15The LORD cares deeplywhen his loved ones die.
16O LORD, lam your servant;yes, Lam your servant, born into your household;you have freed me from my chains.
17I will offer you a sacrifice of thanksgivingand call on the name of the LORD.
18T will fulfill my vows to the LORDin the presence of all his people—19 in the house of the LORDin the heart of Jerusalem.Praise the LORD!Theme: Another reason for praise—God’s love for the whole world. We should praiseGod for his unlimited love.Author: Anonymous117 1 Praise the LORD, all you nations.
Textual footnotes
- 116:3 Hebrew of Sheof.
Life Application Notes 2 notes
116:15God stays close to us even in death. When someone we lave is nearing death, we may become angry and feel abandoned. But believers (the LORD’s loved ones) are precious to God, and he carefully chooses the time when they will be called into his presence. Let this truth provide comfort when you've lost a loved one. God sees, and each life is valuable to him (see Jesus’ statement in Matthew 10:29).
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