Psalms 116:16 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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¹⁶O LORD, truly I am thy servant; I am thy servant, and the son of thine handmaid: thou hast loosed my bonds.

Psalms 116:16 —

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Original word meaning

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Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Psalms 86:16
O turn unto me, and have mercy upon me; give thy strength unto thy servant, and save the son of thine handmaid.
Psalms 143:12
And of thy mercy cut off mine enemies, and destroy all them that afflict my soul: for I am thy servant.
Psalms 119:125
I am thy servant; give me understanding, that I may know thy testimonies.
James 1:1
James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes which are scattered abroad, greeting.
Acts 27:23
For there stood by me this night the angel of God, whose I am, and whom I serve,

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Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 10-19)

The Septuagint and some other ancient versions make these verses a distinct psalm separate from the former; and some have called it the Martyr’s psalm, I suppose for the sake of Ps. 116:15. Three things David here makes confession of:— I. His faith (Ps. 116:10): I believed, therefore have I spoken. This is quoted by the apostle (2 Cor. 4:13) with application to himself and his fellow-ministers, wh…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 16)

15-16. By the plea of being a homeborn servant, he intimates his claim on God’s covenant love to His people.