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Psalm 114 (116) Douay-Rheims (Challoner), American Edition 1899

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Audio: World English Bible (WEB), read by Winfred W. Henson · Psalm 116 · About the recordings

Notes on this text (2)

Psalm 114 in DRB = Psalm 116 in WEB.

DRB Douay-Rheims (Challoner), American Edition 1899
WEB World English Bible (Classic, with Deuterocanon)
1 I have loved, because the Lord will hear the voice of my prayer.
116:1 I love Yahweh, because he listens to my voice, and my cries for mercy.
2 Because he hath inclined his ear unto me: and in my days I will call upon him.
116:2 Because he has turned his ear to me, therefore I will call on him as long as I live.
3 The sorrows of death have encompassed me: and the perils of hell have found me. I met with trouble and sorrow:
116:3 The cords of death surrounded me, the pains of Sheol got a hold of me. I found trouble and sorrow.
4 And I called upon the name of the Lord. O Lord, deliver my soul.
116:4 Then I called on Yahweh’s name: “Yahweh, I beg you, deliver my soul.”
5 The Lord is merciful and just, and our God sheweth mercy.
116:5 Yahweh is gracious and righteous. Yes, our God is merciful.
6 The Lord is the keeper of little ones: I was little and he delivered me.
116:6 Yahweh preserves the simple. I was brought low, and he saved me.
7 Turn, O my soul, into thy rest: for the Lord hath been bountiful to thee.
116:7 Return to your rest, my soul, for Yahweh has dealt bountifully with you.
8 For he hath delivered my soul from death: my eyes from tears, my feet from falling.
116:8 For you have delivered my soul from death, my eyes from tears, and my feet from falling.
9 I will please the Lord in the land of the living.
116:9 I will walk before Yahweh in the land of the living.
Cross references (9)

Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info. References use English (Hebrew-based) verse numbers; links open the passage in DRB.

  1. 1 1 John 4:19; Psalm 66:19–20; 1 John 5:2–3; John 16:24; Psalm 34:3–4
  2. 2 Psalm 145:18–19; Psalm 40:1; Philippians 4:6; Psalm 55:16–17; Psalm 31:2
  3. 3 Psalm 18:4–6; Psalm 38:6; Psalm 32:3–4; Psalm 88:6–7; Luke 22:44
  4. 4 Psalm 118:5; Psalm 22:20; Psalm 143:6–9; Luke 23:42–43; Psalm 142:4–6
  5. 5 Psalm 145:17; Psalm 103:8; Psalm 119:137; Ezra 9:15; Nehemiah 9:8
  6. 6 Matthew 11:25; Psalm 142:6; Psalm 19:7; Psalm 79:8; Psalm 25:21
  7. 7 Psalm 13:6; Matthew 11:28–29; Jeremiah 30:10; Psalm 119:17; Jeremiah 6:16
  8. 8 Psalm 56:13; Revelation 21:4; Revelation 7:17; Psalm 86:13; Isaiah 25:8
  9. 9 Psalm 27:13; Luke 1:75; Genesis 17:1; 1 Kings 2:4; 1 Kings 8:25

Cross references: OpenBible.info (CC BY), drawn mainly from the public-domain Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. · Sources & licences

What the Fathers said

Passages from the Church Fathers that expound or quote this chapter, verbatim from the public-domain Schaff edition (19th-century English translations). Verse numbers below follow the Hebrew/English numbering: 116.

How these were chosen

“Commentary” is the opening of a homily or exposition on this chapter (John Chrysostom’s homilies, Augustine’s tractates, sermons and expositions of the Psalms). “Quotes” are sentences where the edition’s own footnotes identify a quotation of a verse here, kept only when the wording matches the verse. Only works whose authorship is not in doubt are used. Psalms follow the Hebrew/English numbering (Augustine numbers them as the Septuagint does: his Psalm 50 is Psalm 51 here).

  1. Commentary Augustine of Hippo, Expositions on the Psalms (Psalm CXIV)

    The river Jordan, when they were entering across it into the land of promise, when touched by the feet of the priests who bore the Ark, stood still from above with bridled stream, while it flowed down from below, where it ran on into the sea, until the whole people passed over, the priests standing on the dry ground.

    Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 8 (1888)

  2. Quotes verse 116:12 Augustine of Hippo, Confessions (Book II, Chapters VII–X)

    15. "What shall I render unto the Lord," that whilst my memory recalls these things my soul is not appalled at them?

    Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 1 (1886)

  3. Quotes verse 116:7 John Chrysostom, Homilies on the Gospel of Matthew (Homily XXXI)

    Hearest thou not the Psalm that saith, "Return unto thy rest, O my soul, for the Lord hath dealt bountifully with thee?" God calleth it "bountiful dealing," and dost thou make lamentation?

    Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 10 (1888)

  4. Quotes verse 116:17 Augustine of Hippo, Confessions (Book IV)

    Bear with me, I beseech Thee, and give me grace to retrace in my present remembrance the circlings of my past errors, and to "offer to Thee the sacrifice of thanksgiving." For what am I to myself without Thee, but a guide to mine own downfall?

    Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 1 (1886)

  5. Quotes verse 116:16 Augustine of Hippo, Confessions (Book VIII)

    "Thou hast loosed my bonds, I will offer unto Thee the sacrifice of thanksgiving." And how Thou hast loosed them I will declare; and all who worship Thee when they hear these things shall say: "Blessed be the Lord in heaven and earth, great and wonderful is His name." Thy words had stuck fast into my breast, and I was …

    Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 1 (1886)