Psalms 116:4

4 then I called out to God for help: "Please, God!" I cried out. "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.


FOOTNOTES:

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

Psalms 116:4 In-Context

2 He listened so intently as I laid out my case before him.
3 Death stared me in the face, hell was hard on my heels. Up against it, I didn't know which way to turn;
4 then I called out to God for help: "Please, God!" I cried out. "Save my life!"
5 God is gracious - it is he who makes things right, our most compassionate God.
6 God takes the side of the helpless; when I was at the end of my rope, he saved me.
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