Then I called on Yahweh’s name: “Yahweh, I beg you, deliver my soul.”
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Then I called on Yahweh’s name: “Yahweh, I beg you, deliver my soul.”
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Then called I upon the name of the LORD; O LORD, I beseech thee, deliver my soul.
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But I called upon the name of the LORD: 'I beseech thee, O LORD, deliver my soul.'
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Passages linked to Psalms 116:4 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Psalms 118:5 Out of my distress, I called on Yah. Yah answered me with freedom.
- Psalms 22:20 Deliver my soul from the sword, my precious life from the power of the dog.
- Psalms 143:6-9 I spread out my hands to you. My soul thirsts for you, like a parched land. Hurry to answer me, Yahweh. My spirit fails. Don’t hide your face from me, so that I don’t become like those who go down into the pit. Cause me to hear your loving kindness in the morning, for I trust in you. Cause me to know the way in which I should walk, for I lift up my soul to you. Deliver me, Yahweh, from my enemies. I flee to you to hide me.
- Luke 23:42-43 He said to Jesus, “Lord, remember me when you come into your Kingdom.” Jesus said to him, “Assuredly I tell you, today you will be with me in Paradise.”
- Psalms 30:7-8 You, Yahweh, when you favored me, made my mountain stand strong; but when you hid your face, I was troubled. I cried to you, Yahweh. I made supplication to the Lord:
- Psalms 50:15 Call on me in the day of trouble. I will deliver you, and you will honor me.”
- Psalms 142:4-6 Look on my right, and see; for there is no one who is concerned for me. Refuge has fled from me. No one cares for my soul. I cried to you, Yahweh. I said, “You are my refuge, my portion in the land of the living.” Listen to my cry, for I am in desperate need. Deliver me from my persecutors, for they are too strong for me.
- Luke 18:13 But the tax collector, standing far away, wouldn’t even lift up his eyes to heaven, but beat his breast, saying, ‘God, be merciful to me, a sinner!’
- 2 Chronicles 33:12-13 When he was in distress, he begged Yahweh his God, and humbled himself greatly before the God of his fathers. He prayed to him; and he was entreated by him, and heard his supplication, and brought him again to Jerusalem into his kingdom. Then Manasseh knew that Yahweh was God.
- Psalms 6:4 Return, Yahweh. Deliver my soul, and save me for your loving kindness’ sake.
- Psalms 18:6 In my distress I called on Yahweh, and cried to my God. He heard my voice out of his temple. My cry before him came into his ears.
- Psalms 22:1-3 My God, my God, why have you forsaken me? Why are you so far from helping me, and from the words of my groaning? My God, I cry in the daytime, but you don’t answer; in the night season, and am not silent. But you are holy, you who inhabit the praises of Israel.
- Psalms 25:17 The troubles of my heart are enlarged. Oh bring me out of my distresses.
- Psalms 34:6 This poor man cried, and Yahweh heard him, and saved him out of all his troubles.
- Psalms 40:12-13 For innumerable evils have surrounded me. My iniquities have overtaken me, so that I am not able to look up. They are more than the hairs of my head. My heart has failed me. Be pleased, Yahweh, to deliver me. Hurry to help me, Yahweh.
- Psalms 130:1-2 Out of the depths I have cried to you, Yahweh. Lord, hear my voice. Let your ears be attentive to the voice of my petitions.
- Isaiah 37:15-20 Hezekiah prayed to Yahweh, saying, “Yahweh of Armies, the God of Israel, who is enthroned among the cherubim, you are the God, even you alone, of all the kingdoms of the earth. You have made heaven and earth. Turn your ear, Yahweh, and hear. Open your eyes, Yahweh, and behold. Hear all of the words of Sennacherib, who has sent to defy the living God. Truly, Yahweh, the kings of Assyria have destroyed all the countries and their land, and have cast their gods into the fire; for they were no gods, but the work of men’s hands, wood and stone; therefore they have destroyed them. Now therefore, Yahweh our God, save us from his hand, that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that you are Yahweh, even you only.”
- Isaiah 38:1-3 In those days Hezekiah was sick and near death. Isaiah the prophet, the son of Amoz, came to him, and said to him, “Yahweh says, ‘Set your house in order, for you will die, and not live.’ ” Then Hezekiah turned his face to the wall and prayed to Yahweh, and said, “Remember now, Yahweh, I beg you, how I have walked before you in truth and with a perfect heart, and have done that which is good in your sight.” Then Hezekiah wept bitterly.
- John 2:2 Jesus also was invited, with his disciples, to the wedding.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain Psa 116:4 Then called I upon the name of…
Psa 116:4 Then called I upon the name of the LORD; O LORD, I beseech thee, deliver my soul.
Ver. 4. Then called I upon the name of the Lord] That strong tower, whereunto the righteous run and are safe, Pro 18:10. Others have other refuges, the witch of Endor, the god of Ekron, the arm of flesh, &c.
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O Lord, I beseech thee] Ana, blandientis et deprecantis particula. The psalmist here hath a sweet way of insinuating, and getting within the Lord; which, oh that we could skill of ( Sic et Nαι Phm 1:20 Rev 1:7).
Deliver my soul] q.d. It is my soul, Lord, my precious soul, "that is sought after; oh, deliver my soul, from the sword, my darling from the power of the dog," Psa 22:20.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain Then called I upon the name of the Lord,....…
Then called I upon the name of the Lord,.... Upon the Lord himself in prayer for speedy deliverance; or "in the name of the Lord" (h), in the name of the Messiah, the only Mediator between God and man; "saying", as follows, and which word may be supplied,
O Lord, I beseech thee, deliver my soul; from these sorrows and pains, from these afflictions and distresses, from death and the grave, and from wrath, and a sense of it, and fears about it.
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(h) "in nomine Domini", Montanus, Musculus, Vatablus.
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Albert Barnes 1834 · Public Domain Then called I upon the name of the Lord…
Then called I upon the name of the Lord - Upon the Lord. I had no other refuge. I felt that I must perish unless he should interpose, and I pleaded with him for deliverance and life. Compare the notes at Psa 18:6.
O Lord, I beseech thee, deliver my soul - My life. Save me from death. This was not a cry for salvation, but for life. It is an example for us, however, to call on God when we feel that the soul is in danger of perishing, for then, as in the case of the psalmist, we have no other refuge but God.
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Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain 4. Then called I—At a moment when my case…
4. Then called I—At a moment when my case was beyond all human help.
Upon the name— “A stronger expression than merely to call upon the Lord,” (Hengstenberg,) for it supposes the supplicant’s faith to rest assuredly on the historically manifested character of God.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 4. the name of Jehovah, more emphatically than Jehovah…
4. the name of Jehovah, more emphatically than Jehovah alone, denotes His revealed character (Exo_34:5), to which the Psalmist appealed, and not in vain.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain Then celled I upon the Name of the Lord.…
Then celled I upon the Name of the Lord. "Hezekiah turned his face toward the wall, and prayed unto the Lord". (Isa_38:2) O Lord, I beseech thee, deliver my soul. (compare the words of Isa_38:3, "Remember now, O Lord, I beseech thee
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Charles H. Spurgeon 1885 · Public Domain Ver. 4. Then I called upon the name of…
Ver. 4. Then I called upon the name of the LORD. Prayer is never out of season, he prayed then, when things were at their worst. When the good man could not run to God, he called to him. In his extremity his faith came to the front: it was useless to call on man, and it may have seemed almost as useless to appeal to the Lord; but yet he did with his whole soul invoke all the attributes which make up the sacred name of Jehovah, and thus he proved the truth of his confidence. We can some of us remember certain very special times of trial of which we can now say, "then called I upon the name of the Lord." The Psalmist appealed to the Lord's mercy, truth, power, and faithfulness, and this was his prayer,
O Lord, I beseech thee, deliver my soul. This form of petition is short, comprehensive, to the point, humble, and earnest. It were well if all our prayers were moulded upon this model; perhaps they would be if we were in similar circumstances to those of the Psalmist, for real trouble produces real prayer. Here we have no multiplicity of words, and no fine arrangement of sentences; everything is simple and natural; there is not a redundant syllable, and yet there is not one lacking.
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Ver. 4. The name of the LORD. God's name, as it is set out in the word, is both a glorious name, full of majesty; and also a gracious name, full of mercy. His majesty worketh fear and reverence, his mercy faith and confidence. By these graces man's heart is kept within such a compass, that he will neither presume above that which is meet, nor despond more than there is cause. But where God's name is not rightly known, it cannot be avoided but that they who come before him must needs rush upon the rock of presumption, or sink into the gulf of desperation. Necessary, therefore, it is that God be known of them that pray to him, that in truth they may say, "We have called upon the name of the LORD." Be persuaded hereby so to offer up your spiritual sacrifice of supplication to God, that he may have respect to your persons and prayers, as he had respect to Abel and his offering. Learn to know the name of God, as in his word it is made known; and then, especially when you draw near to him, meditate on his name. Assuredly God will take good notice of them that take due notice of him, and will open his ears to them by name who rightly call upon his name. William Gouge.
Ver. 4. O LORD, I beseech thee, deliver my soul. A short prayer for so great a suit, and yet as short as it was, it prevailed. If we wondered before at the power of God, we may wonder now at the power of prayer, that can prevail with God, for obtaining of that which in nature is impossible, and to reason is incredible. Sir Richard Baker.
Ver. 4. We learn here that there is nothing better and more effectual in distressing agonies than assiduous prayerThen called I upon the name of the LORD; but in such prayers the first care ought to be for the salvation of the soulI beseech thee, deliver my soul; for, this being done, God also either removes or mitigates the bodily disease. Solomon Gesner.
Psalms 116:5*
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Tyndale Open Study Notes 2022 · CC BY-SA 4.0 116:4 This is the first of three times that…
116:4 This is the first of three times that the psalmist calls on the Lord’s name (i.e., reputation).
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