Psalms 116:1
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.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- I love the LORD, for He has heard my voice— my appeal for mercy.
- KJV
- I love the LORD, because he hath heard my voice and my supplications.
- WEB
- I love the LORD, because he listens to my voice, and my cries for mercy.
- ASV
- I love Jehovah, because he heareth My voice and my supplications.
- DARBY
- I love Jehovah, for he hath heard my voice [and] my supplications;
- BLB
- I have loved because YHWH has heard the voice of my supplications,
- ÅB
- Jeg elsker Herren, for han hører min røst, mine inderlige bønner.
- OTB
- Jeg elsker Herren, for han lytter
Til min røst og mine bønner. - B1930
- Jeg elsker Herren, for han hører min røst, mine inderlige bønner.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
1 John 4:19
We love him, because he first loved us.
Read in contextPsalms 66:19–20
But verily God hath heard me; he hath attended to the voice of my prayer.
Read in context1 John 5:2–3
By this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God, and keep his commandments.
Read in contextJohn 16:24
Hitherto have ye asked nothing in my name: ask, and ye shall receive, that your joy may be full.
Read in contextPsalms 34:3–4
O magnify the LORD with me, and let us exalt his name together.
Read in contextPsalms 69:33
For the LORD heareth the poor, and despiseth not his prisoners.
Read in contextMark 12:33
And to love him with all the heart, and with all the understanding, and with all the soul, and with all the strength, and to love his neighbour as himself, is more than all whole burnt offerings and sacrifices.
Read in contextPsalms 40:1
I waited patiently for the LORD; and he inclined unto me, and heard my cry.
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