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Psalms 116

1 I love Jehovah, because he heareth My voice and my supplications.

Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):
  • I love H157 (אָהַב) — to have affection for (sexually or otherwise)
  • Yhwh H3068 (יְהֹוָה) — (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jeho-vah, Jewish national name of God
  • because he hath heard H8085 (שָׁמַע) — to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.)
  • my voice H6963 (קוֹל) — a voice or sound
  • my supplications H8469 (תַּחֲנוּן) — earnest prayer

2 Because he hath inclined his ear unto me, Therefore will I call upon him as long as I live.

Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):
  • Because he hath inclined H5186 (נָטָה) — to stretch or spread out; by implication, to bend away (including moral deflection); used in a great variety of application (as follows)
  • his ear H241 (אֹזֶן) — broadness. i.e. (concrete) the ear (from its form in man)
  • unto me, therefore will I call H7121 (קָרָא) — to call out to (i.e. properly, address by name, but used in a wide variety of applications)
  • as long as I live H3117 (יוֹם) — a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an associated ter…

3 The cords of death compassed me, And the pains of Sheol gat hold upon me: I found trouble and sorrow.

Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):
  • The sorrows H2256 (חֶבֶל) — a rope (as twisted), especially a measuring line; by implication, a district or inheritance (as measured); or a noose (as of cords); figuratively, a company (as…
  • of death H4194 (מָוֶת) — death (natural or violent); concretely, the dead, their place or state (hades); figuratively, pestilence, ruin
  • compassed H661 (אָפַף) — to surround
  • me, and the pains H4712 (מֵצַר) — something tight, i.e. (figuratively) trouble
  • of hell H7585 (שְׁאוֹל) — hades or the world of the dead (as if a subterranean retreat), including its accessories and inmates
  • gat hold H4672 (מָצָא) — properly, to come forth to, i.e. appear or exist; transitively, to attain, i.e. find or acquire; figuratively, to occur, meet or be present
  • upon me: I found H4672 (מָצָא) — properly, to come forth to, i.e. appear or exist; transitively, to attain, i.e. find or acquire; figuratively, to occur, meet or be present
  • trouble H6869 (צָרָה) — tightness (i.e. figuratively, trouble); transitively, a female rival
  • and sorrow H3015 (יָגוֹן) — affliction

4 Then called I upon the name of Jehovah: O Jehovah, I beseech thee, deliver my soul.

Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):
  • Then called H7121 (קָרָא) — to call out to (i.e. properly, address by name, but used in a wide variety of applications)
  • I upon the name H8034 (שֵׁם) — an appellation, as a mark or memorial of individuality; by implication honor, authority, character
  • of Yhwh H3068 (יְהֹוָה) — (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jeho-vah, Jewish national name of God
  • O Yhwh H3068 (יְהֹוָה) — (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jeho-vah, Jewish national name of God
  • I beseech H577 (אָנָּא) — oh now!
  • thee, deliver H4422 (מָלַט) — properly, to be smooth, i.e. (by implication) to escape (as if by slipperiness); causatively, to release or rescue; specifically, to bring forth young, emit spa…
  • my soul H5315 (נֶפֶשׁ) — properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental)

5 Gracious is Jehovah, and righteous; Yea, our God is merciful.

Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):
  • Gracious H2587 (חַנּוּן) — gracious
  • Yhwh H3068 (יְהֹוָה) — (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jeho-vah, Jewish national name of God
  • and righteous H6662 (צַדִּיק) — just
  • yea, our God H430 (אֱלֹהִים) — gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of deference…
  • merciful H7355 (רָחַם) — to fondle; by implication, to love, especially to compassionate

6 Jehovah preserveth the simple: I was brought low, and he saved me.

Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):
  • Yhwh H3068 (יְהֹוָה) — (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jeho-vah, Jewish national name of God
  • preserveth H8104 (שָׁמַר) — properly, to hedge about (as with thorns), i.e. guard; generally, to protect, attend to, etc.
  • the simple H6612 (פְּתִי) — silly (i.e. seducible)
  • I was brought low H1809 (דָּלַל) — to slacken or be feeble; figuratively, to be oppressed
  • and he helped H3467 (יָשַׁע) — properly, to be open, wide or free, i.e. (by implication) to be safe; causatively, to free or succor

7 Return unto thy rest, O my soul; For Jehovah hath dealt bountifully with thee.

Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):
  • Return H7725 (שׁוּב) — to turn back (hence, away) transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively (not necessarily with the idea of return to the starting point); generally…
  • unto thy rest H4494 (מָנוֹחַ) — quiet, i.e. (concretely) a settled spot, or (figuratively) a home
  • O my soul H5315 (נֶפֶשׁ) — properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental)
  • for Yhwh H3068 (יְהֹוָה) — (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jeho-vah, Jewish national name of God
  • hath dealt bountifully H1580 (גָּמַל) — to treat a person (well or ill), i.e. benefit or requite; by implication (of toil), to ripen, i.e. (specifically) to wean

8 For thou hast delivered my soul from death, Mine eyes from tears, And my feet from falling.

Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):
  • For thou hast delivered H2502 (חָלַץ) — to pull off; hence (intensively) to strip, (reflex.) to depart; by implication, to deliver, equip (for fight); present, strengthen
  • my soul H5315 (נֶפֶשׁ) — properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental)
  • from death H4194 (מָוֶת) — death (natural or violent); concretely, the dead, their place or state (hades); figuratively, pestilence, ruin
  • mine eyes H5869 (עַיִן) — an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)
  • from tears H1832 (דִּמְעָה) — weeping
  • my feet H7272 (רֶגֶל) — a foot (as used in walking); by implication, a step; by euphemistically the pudenda
  • from falling H1762 (דְּחִי) — a push, i.e. (by implication) a fall

9 I will walk before Jehovah In the land of the living.

Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):
  • I will walk H1980 (הָלַךְ) — to walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively)
  • before H6440 (פָּנִים) — the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposition (befo…
  • Yhwh H3068 (יְהֹוָה) — (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jeho-vah, Jewish national name of God
  • in the land H776 (אֶרֶץ) — the earth (at large, or partitively a land)
  • of the living H2416 (חַי) — alive; hence, raw (flesh); fresh (plant, water, year), strong; also (as noun, especially in the feminine singular and masculine plural) life (or living thing),…

10 I believe, for I will speak: I was greatly afflicted:

Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):
  • I believed H539 (אָמַן) — properly, to build up or support; to foster as a parent or nurse; figuratively to render (or be) firm or faithful, to trust or believe, to be permanent or quiet…
  • therefore have I spoken H1696 (דָבַר) — perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue
  • I was greatly H3966 (מְאֹד) — properly, vehemence, i.e. (with or without preposition) vehemently; by implication, wholly, speedily, etc. (often with other words as an intensive or superlativ…
  • afflicted H6031 (עָנָה) — to depress literally or figuratively, transitive or intransitive (in various applications, as follows)

11 I said in my haste, All men are liars.

Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):
  • I said H559 (אָמַר) — to say (used with great latitude)
  • in my haste H2648 (חָפַז) — properly, to start up suddenly, i.e. (by implication) to hasten away, to fear
  • All men H120 (אָדָם) — ruddy i.e. a human being (an individual or the species, mankind, etc.)
  • liars H3576 (כָּזַב) — to lie (i.e. deceive), literally or figuratively

12 What shall I render unto Jehovah For all his benefits toward me?

Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):
  • What shall I render H7725 (שׁוּב) — to turn back (hence, away) transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively (not necessarily with the idea of return to the starting point); generally…
  • unto Yhwh H3068 (יְהֹוָה) — (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jeho-vah, Jewish national name of God
  • all his benefits H8408 (תַּגְמוּל) — a bestowment

13 I will take the cup of salvation, And call upon the name of Jehovah.

Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):
  • I will take H5375 (נָשָׂא) — to lift, in a great variety of applications, literal and figurative, absolute and relative
  • the cup H3563 (כּוֹס) — a cup (as a container), often figuratively, a lot (as if a potion); also some unclean bird, probably an owl (perhaps from the cup-like cavity of its eye)
  • of salvation H3444 (יְשׁוּעָה) — something saved, i.e. (abstractly) deliverance; hence, aid, victory, prosperity
  • and call H7121 (קָרָא) — to call out to (i.e. properly, address by name, but used in a wide variety of applications)
  • upon the name H8034 (שֵׁם) — an appellation, as a mark or memorial of individuality; by implication honor, authority, character
  • of Yhwh H3068 (יְהֹוָה) — (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jeho-vah, Jewish national name of God

14 I will pay my vows unto Jehovah, Yea, in the presence of all his people.

Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):
  • I will pay H7999 (שָׁלַם) — to be safe (in mind, body or estate); figuratively, to be (causatively, make) completed; by implication, to be friendly; by extension, to reciprocate (in variou…
  • my vows H5088 (נֶדֶר) — a promise (to God); also (concretely) a thing promised
  • unto Yhwh H3068 (יְהֹוָה) — (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jeho-vah, Jewish national name of God
  • now in the presence of all his people H5971 (עַם) — a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of Israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock

15 Precious in the sight of Jehovah Is the death of his saints.

Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):
  • Precious H3368 (יָקָר) — valuable (objectively or subjectively)
  • in the sight H5869 (עַיִן) — an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)
  • of Yhwh H3068 (יְהֹוָה) — (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jeho-vah, Jewish national name of God
  • the death H4194 (מָוֶת) — death (natural or violent); concretely, the dead, their place or state (hades); figuratively, pestilence, ruin
  • of his saints H2623 (חָסִיד) — properly, kind, i.e. (religiously) pious (a saint)

16 O Jehovah, truly I am thy servant: I am thy servant, the son of thy handmaid; Thou hast loosed my bonds.

Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):
  • O Yhwh H3068 (יְהֹוָה) — (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jeho-vah, Jewish national name of God
  • truly H577 (אָנָּא) — oh now!
  • thy servant H5650 (עֶבֶד) — a servant
  • the son H1121 (בֵּן) — a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition,…
  • of thine handmaid H519 (אָמָה) — a maid-servant or female slave
  • thou hast loosed H6605 (פָּתַח) — to open wide (literally or figuratively); specifically, to loosen, begin, plough, carve
  • my bonds H4147 (מוֹסֵר) — properly, chastisement, i.e. (by implication) a halter; figuratively, restraint

17 I will offer to thee the sacrifice of thanksgiving, And will call upon the name of Jehovah.

Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):
  • I will offer H2076 (זָבַח) — to slaughter an animal (usually in sacrifice)
  • to thee the sacrifice H2077 (זֶבַח) — properly, a slaughter, i.e. the flesh of an animal; by implication, a sacrifice (the victim or the act)
  • of thanksgiving H8426 (תּוֹדָה) — properly, an extension of the hand, i.e. (by implication) avowal, or (usually) adoration; specifically, a choir of worshippers
  • and will call H7121 (קָרָא) — to call out to (i.e. properly, address by name, but used in a wide variety of applications)
  • upon the name H8034 (שֵׁם) — an appellation, as a mark or memorial of individuality; by implication honor, authority, character
  • of Yhwh H3068 (יְהֹוָה) — (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jeho-vah, Jewish national name of God

18 I will pay my vows unto Jehovah, Yea, in the presence of all his people,

Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):
  • I will pay H7999 (שָׁלַם) — to be safe (in mind, body or estate); figuratively, to be (causatively, make) completed; by implication, to be friendly; by extension, to reciprocate (in variou…
  • my vows H5088 (נֶדֶר) — a promise (to God); also (concretely) a thing promised
  • unto Yhwh H3068 (יְהֹוָה) — (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jeho-vah, Jewish national name of God
  • now in the presence of all his people H5971 (עַם) — a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of Israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock

19 In the courts of Jehovah’s house, In the midst of thee, O Jerusalem. Praise ye Jehovah.

Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):
  • In the courts H2691 (חָצֵר) — a yard (as inclosed by a fence); also a hamlet (as similarly surrounded with walls)
  • of Yhwh’s H3068 (יְהֹוָה) — (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jeho-vah, Jewish national name of God
  • house H1004 (בַּיִת) — a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
  • in the midst H8432 (תָּוֶךְ) — a bisection, i.e. (by implication) the centre
  • of thee, O Jerusalem H3389 (יְרוּשָׁלִַ͏ם) — Jerushalaim or Jerushalem, the capital city of Palestine
  • Hallelu H1984 (הָלַל) — to be clear (orig. of sound, but usually of color); to shine; hence, to make a show, to boast; and thus to be (clamorously) foolish; to rave; causatively, to ce…
  • jah H3050 (יָהּ) — Jah, the sacred name