--- title: "Psalms 116 - Study King James Bible with clarkes commentary" description: "Read Psalms 116 with clarkes commentary commentary. 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" image: "/_app/immutable/assets/missing.C7wGMEZ6.jpg" url: "https://realbiblebelievers.com/study/clarkes-commentary/psalms/116" --- [ Read](/kjv/psalms/116)[ Commentary](/study/psalms/116)[ Interlinear](/interlinear/psalms/116) Audio 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 me. 7 Return unto thy rest, O my soul; for the LORD hath dealt bountifully with thee. 8 For thou hast delivered my soul from death, mine eyes from tears, *and* my feet from falling. 9 I will walk before the LORD in the land of the living. 10 I believed, therefore have I spoken: I was greatly afflicted: 11 I said in my haste, All men *are* liars. 12 What shall I render unto the LORD *for* all his benefits toward me? 13 I will take the cup of salvation, and call upon the name of the LORD. 14 I will pay my vows unto the LORD now in the presence of all his people. 15 Precious in the sight of the LORD *is* the death of his saints. 16 O LORD, truly I *am* thy servant; I *am* thy servant, *and* the son of thine handmaid: thou hast loosed my bonds. 17 I will offer to thee the sacrifice of thanksgiving, and will call upon the name of the LORD. 18 I will pay my vows unto the LORD now in the presence of all his people, 19 In the courts of the LORD’s house, in the midst of thee, O Jerusalem. Praise ye the LORD. [Psalms 115](/study/psalms/115) [Psalms 117](/study/psalms/117) ## Commentary To verse 1 This Psalm is also without a *title*, and its *author* is unknown. It appears to have been written after the captivity, and to be a thanksgiving to God for that glorious event. The psalmist compares this captivity to *death* and the *grave*; and shows the happy return to the promised land, called here, *The land of the living*. The people recollect the vows of God which were upon them, and purpose to fulfil them. They exhult at being enabled to worship God in the temple at Jerusalem. The *Syriac*, which abounds in conjectural prefaces, supposes this Psalm to have been written on the occasion of Saul coming to the mouth of the cave in which David lay hidden; but spiritually taken, it relates to the bringing of a new people, the Gentiles, to the Christian faith. In a few MSS. this Psalm is joined to the preceding. Many think it relates wholly to the passion, death, and triumph of Christ. Most of the fathers were of this opinion. Verse [Psalms 116:1](/kjv/psalms/116/1). ***I love the Lord because he hath heard*** — How vain and foolish is the *talk*, "To love God for his benefits to us is mercenary, and cannot be pure love!" Whether pure or impure, there is no other love that can flow from the heart of the creature to its Creator. *We love him*, said the holiest of Christ's disciples, *because he first loved us*; and the increase of our love and filial obedience is in proportion to the increased sense we have of our obligation to him. 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