1The Psalmist professeth love and dutiful service to God in return for his deliverance: 12he studieth to express his thankfulness fitly.
1I LOVE athe LORD, because bhe hath heard my voice and my supplications.
a Jn. 21.17. Ps. 18.1-6. 1Jn. 4.19. b Ps. 3.4; 6.9; 10.17; 18.6; 20.1; 31.22; 40.1,2; 66.19; 118.21.
2Because che hath dinclined his ear unto me, therefore will I call upon him 1as long as I live.
1Heb. in my days.
c Ps. 65.2; 55.16,17. 2Co. 1.10. Is. 46.3,4. He. 5.7. d Ps. 86.1.
3The esorrows of death *compassed me, and the pains of hell 2*gat hold upon me: I found trouble and sorrow.
*compassed-surrounded.
2Heb. found me. Ps. 119.143.
*gat-got.
e Jn. 2.2. Ps. 18.4,5; 88.1-18; 77.2-9; 6.3,4; 38.2-12; 41.8. Ac. 2.24.
4Then fcalled I upon the name of the LORD; gO LORD, I beseech thee, deliver my soul.
f Ps. 18.6; 34.4-6. Eze. 36.37. Pr. 18.10. g Ps. 6.4; 31.5; 142.4-7; 143.7.
5hGracious is the LORD, and irighteous; yea, our God is merciful.
h Ps. 86.15; 103.8. Ex. 34.6,7. Is. 63.7. Nu. 14.18,19. Ro. 5.21. i Ezr. 9.15. Ne. 9.8. Da. 9.7. Ps. 145.17.
6 The jLORD preserveth the k*simple: lI was brought low, and he helped me.
*simple-ignorant, innocent.
j Ps. 31.23; 33.18; 72.12-14; 25.21. Mat. 11.25. k Ps. 19.7. Pr. 1.4. l Ps. 6; 13; 18; 22; 31; 40; 34; 97.8; 103; 73; 77; 79.8.
7mReturn unto thy rest, O my soul; for the LORD hath dealt bountifully with thee.
m Mat. 11.29. Ps. 13.6; 34.8. Je. 6.16; 31.11-14. Jude 24.
8For nthou hast delivered my soul from death, mine eyes from tears, and my feet from falling.
n He. 4.3. Ps. 56.13; 86.13; 103.4; 40.1-3; 94.17,18.
9I owill walk before the LORD pin the land of the living.
o Ps. 16.8; 61.7. Tit. 2.11-14. 1Co. 15.58. p Ps. 27.13.
10I qbelieved, therefore have I spoken: I was greatly afflicted:
q 2Co. 4.13,14. 1Jn. 1.1-3. Ps. 66.16.
11I rsaid in my haste, All men are liars.
r 1Sa. 27.1. Ps. 31.22. Eze. 37.11. Ro. 3.4.
12sWhat shall I render unto the LORD for all his benefits toward me?
s Ps. 103.1-5. 2Co. 5.14-21. 1Ti. 1.13-16.
13I twill take the ucup of salvation, and call upon the name of the LORD.
t v.17. 1Ch. 16.1-3. 1Co. 10.16. Lu. 22.17,20. u Ps. 16.5.
14I vwill pay my vows unto the LORD now in the presence of all his people.
v Jonah 2.9. v.18. Ps. 56.12; 66.13-15; 119.106; 22.22,25; 109.30.
15wPrecious in the sight of the LORD is the death of his saints.
w Ps. 72.14; 37.32,33. Re. 14.13. Is. 43.4. Nu. 23.10.
16O LORD, xtruly I am thy servant; I am thy servant, and the son of thine handmaid: thou hast loosed my bonds.
x Ps. 86.16; 119.32. Lu. 1.74,75. Tit. 2.11-14. 2Co. 5.14-21.
17I ywill offer to thee the sacrifice of thanksgiving, zand will call upon the name of the LORD.
y Le. 7.12. Ps. 50.14; 66.13-15; 107.22. He. 13.12-16. 1Pe. 2.5. Ro. 6.17. z v.13.
18I awill pay my vows unto the LORD now in the presence of all his people,
a Ec. 5.5. v.14. Ps. 76.11; 61.5. Is. 19.21.
19In bthe courts of the LORD's house, in the midst of thee, O Jerusalem. cPraise ye the LORD.
b Ps. 96.8; 100.4; 22.25; 122.1-4. 2Ch. 6.6. 1Ch. 15; 16. c Ps. 105.45.