Psalms 116:4

4 Then I called on the name of Yahweh: "O Yahweh, please save my life!"

Psalms 116:4 Meaning and Commentary

Psalms 116:4

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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FOOTNOTES:

F8 (hwhy Mvb) "in nomine Domini", Montanus, Musculus, Vatablus.

Psalms 116:4 In-Context

2 Because he has inclined his ear to me, I will call {all my days}.

3 [The] ropes of death encircled me, and the distresses of Sheol found me. I found trouble and grief.

4 Then I called on the name of Yahweh: "O Yahweh, please save my life!"

5 Gracious [is] Yahweh and righteous, and our God [is] merciful.

6 Yahweh watches over [the] simple. I was brought low, but he gave me victory.