Psalms 116:1-6
[A.M. 3468. B.C. 536. (Title.)]
From several instances of the Chaldee dialect being used in this Psalm, it appears to have been written after the Babylonian captivity.
love <0157> [love.]
heard <08085> [because.]
call <07121> [therefore.]
long <03117> [as long as I live. Heb. in my days.]
ropes <02256> [sorrows.]
confronted ..... confronted <04672> [gat hold upon me. Heb. found me. I found.]
called <07121> [called.]
Lord ... Lord <03068> [O Lord.]
merciful <02587> [Gracious.]
fair <06662> [and righteous.]
protects <08104> [preserveth.]
trouble <01809> [I was.]
Psalms 144:1-2
David <01732> [(Title.) A Psalm of David.]
Calmet and others think that this Psalm was composed by David after the death of Absalom; and from a collation of it with Ps 18, in which the same ideas and form of expression occur, there can be no doubt of both having proceeded from the same pen, and that David was the author.
protector <06697> [my strength. Heb. my rock.]
trains <03925> [teacheth.]
battle <07128> [to war. or, to the war, etc.]
loves <02617> [My goodness. or, mercy. my fortress.]
submit <07286> [who subdueth.]
Psalms 144:1
David <01732> [(Title.) A Psalm of David.]
Calmet and others think that this Psalm was composed by David after the death of Absalom; and from a collation of it with Ps 18, in which the same ideas and form of expression occur, there can be no doubt of both having proceeded from the same pen, and that David was the author.
protector <06697> [my strength. Heb. my rock.]
trains <03925> [teacheth.]
battle <07128> [to war. or, to the war, etc.]
Psalms 4:1
music director <05329> [(Title.) chief Musician. or, overseer.]
accompanied by stringed instruments <05058> [Neginoth.]
God <0430> [O.]
wide <07337> [thou.]
mercy ..... respond <02603 08085> [have mercy upon me. or, be gracious unto me.]
