Passage Research
Psalm 116 — Sermon Preparation
A personal thanksgiving of one saved from near-death, declaring love for the LORD who heard the cry and vowing to offer the cup of salvation. Below is a research summary for Psalm 116, drawn from openly licensed scholarly databases — original-language morphology, classic sermons from the church fathers through the Puritans, and ancient geography data.
- 19
- verses
- 131 / 82
- Hebrew words / lemmas
- 14
- classic sermon excerpts
- 4
- preachers & commentators
Psalm 116 in the Hebrew
Distinctive vocabulary of this chapter, based on original-language morphology.
| Hebrew | Transliteration | Strong's | Count | Glosses |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| קָרָא | qârâʼ | H7121 | 4 | call out to |
| מָוֶת | mâveth | H4194 | 3 | death, dead |
| נֶפֶשׁ | nephesh | H5315 | 3 | breathing creature, animal |
| שֵׁם | shêm | H8034 | 3 | appellation, honor |
| נֶדֶר | neder | H5088 | 2 | promise, thing promised |
| שָׁלַם | shâlam | H7999 | 2 | be safe, be |
| מָצָא | mâtsâʼ | H4672 | 2 | come, appear |
How preachers through history handled this text
14 public-domain excerpts on Psalm 116, from the church fathers to the Puritans.
“When troubled, we do best to hold our peace, for we are apt to speak unadvisedly. Yet there may be true faith where there are workings of unbelief; but then faith will prevail; and being humbled for our distrust of God's word, we shall experience his faithfulness to it. What can the pardoned sinner, or what can those who have been delivered from trouble or distress, render to the Lord for his benefits? We cannot in any way profit him. Our best is unworthy of his acceptance; yet we ought to devote ourselves and all we have to his service. …”
— Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible (Concise), on Psalm 116:10–30 (Public Domain)
Places in the text
Based on ancient-geography data
- Jerusalem— Ps 116:19
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