Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version I trusted in the LORD when I said, “I am greatly afflicted"; New Living Translation I believed in you, so I said, “I am deeply troubled, LORD.” English Standard Version I believed, even when I spoke: “I am greatly afflicted”; Berean Standard Bible I believed, therefore I said, “I am greatly afflicted.” King James Bible I believed, therefore have I spoken: I was greatly afflicted: New King James Version I believed, therefore I spoke, “I am greatly afflicted.” New American Standard Bible I believed when I said, “I am greatly afflicted.” NASB 1995 I believed when I said, “I am greatly afflicted.” NASB 1977 I believed when I said, “I am greatly afflicted.” Legacy Standard Bible I believed when I said, “I am greatly afflicted.” Amplified Bible I believed [and clung to my God] when I said, “I am greatly afflicted.” Christian Standard Bible I believed, even when I said, “I am severely oppressed.” Holman Christian Standard Bible I believed, even when I said,” I am severely afflicted.” American Standard Version I believe, for I will speak: I was greatly afflicted: Aramaic Bible in Plain English I have believed and I have spoken, and I have been very humbled. Brenton Septuagint Translation I believed, wherefore I have spoken: but I was greatly afflicted. Contemporary English Version I was faithful to you when I was suffering, Douay-Rheims Bible I have believed, therefore have I spoken; but I have been humbled exceedingly. English Revised Version I believe, for I will speak: I was greatly afflicted: GOD'S WORD® Translation I kept my faith even when I said, "I am suffering terribly." Good News Translation I kept on believing, even when I said, "I am completely crushed," International Standard Version I will continue to believe, even when I say, "I am greatly afflicted" JPS Tanakh 1917 I trusted even when I spoke: 'I am greatly afflicted.' Literal Standard Version I have believed, for I speak, | I have been greatly afflicted. Majority Standard Bible I believed, therefore I said, “I am greatly afflicted.” New American Bible I kept faith, even when I said, “I am greatly afflicted!” NET Bible I had faith when I said, "I am severely oppressed." New Revised Standard Version I kept my faith, even when I said, “I am greatly afflicted”; New Heart English Bible I believed, therefore I said, "I am greatly afflicted." Webster's Bible Translation I believed, therefore have I spoken: I was greatly afflicted: World English Bible I believed, therefore I said, “I was greatly afflicted.” Young's Literal Translation I have believed, for I speak, I -- I have been afflicted greatly. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context The LORD Has Heard My Voice…9I will walk before the LORD in the land of the living. 10I believed, therefore I said, “I am greatly afflicted.” 11In my alarm I said, “All men are liars!”… Cross References 2 Corinthians 4:13 And in keeping with what is written: "I believed, therefore I have spoken," we who have the same spirit of faith also believe and therefore speak, Psalm 88:7 Your wrath weighs heavily upon me; all Your waves have submerged me. Selah Treasury of Scripture I believed, therefore have I spoken: I was greatly afflicted: I believed 2 Corinthians 4:13 We having the same spirit of faith, according as it is written, I believed, and therefore have I spoken; we also believe, and therefore speak; Hebrews 11:1 Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. therefore Numbers 14:6-9 And Joshua the son of Nun, and Caleb the son of Jephunneh, which were of them that searched the land, rent their clothes: … Proverbs 21:28 A false witness shall perish: but the man that heareth speaketh constantly. 2 Peter 1:16,21 For we have not followed cunningly devised fables, when we made known unto you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but were eyewitnesses of his majesty… I was greatly Psalm 116:3 The sorrows of death compassed me, and the pains of hell gat hold upon me: I found trouble and sorrow. Jump to Previous Afflicted Believe Believed Faith Great Greatly Kept Speak Trouble TrustedJump to Next Afflicted Believe Believed Faith Great Greatly Kept Speak Trouble TrustedPsalm 116 1. The psalmist professes his love and duty to God for his deliverance12. He studies to be thankful (10, 11) I believed, therefore have I spoken.--This is the rendering of LXX. and Vulg., and it has become almost proverbial from St. Paul's adaptation of it (2Corinthians 4:13; see New Testament Commentary). And no doubt this is the sense of the words, though the particle khi has been taken in a wrong connection. Mr. Burgess has certainly given the true explanation of the use of this particle. It sometimes follows instead of preceding the verb affected by it. We must render, It is because I believed that I spoke (of God's graciousness, &c.). What follows then comes in as an antithesis. I was in great trouble; I said in my pain, "All men are untrustworthy or deceitful" Or (LXX.), In an ecstasy of despair I said, "The whole race of mankind is a delusion." The meaning of the whole passage may be thus put: It is through trust in God that I thus speak (as above--viz., of God being glorious and righteous, and of His preserving the souls of the simple). It was not always so. Once in distrust I thought that God did not care for man, and that the whole of humanity was a failure. The word ch?phez, rendered in Authorised Version haste, more properly alarm, is in Job 40:23 contrasted with trust, as it is here with faith. For the sense failure or vanity for the word rendered in Authorised Version liars, see Isaiah 58:11 ("fail;" margin, "lie or deceive").Verses 10, 11. - Parenthetic and obscure. Both the connection and rendering are doubtful. Professor Cheyne translates, "I was confident that I should speak thus;" i.e. even while my affliction was going on, I felt confident that relief would come, and that I should one day speak as I have just spoken. I was, however, too sorely afflicted to give utterance to my feeling. Instead of so doing, I vented my unhappiness in abuse of my fellow-men. Thus understood, the words are an apologia. Verse 10. - I believed, therefore have I spoken. So the LXX., Ἐπίστευσα διὸ ἐλάλησα. But many other meanings are suggested. See the preceding paragraph. I was greatly afflicted (comp. ver. 3). Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew I believed,הֶ֭אֱמַנְתִּי (he·’ĕ·man·tî) Verb - Hifil - Perfect - first person common singular Strong's 539: To confirm, support therefore כִּ֣י (kî) Conjunction Strong's 3588: A relative conjunction I have spoken: אֲדַבֵּ֑ר (’ă·ḏab·bêr) Verb - Piel - Imperfect - first person common singular Strong's 1696: To arrange, to speak, to subdue “I אֲ֝נִ֗י (’ă·nî) Pronoun - first person common singular Strong's 589: I am greatly מְאֹֽד׃ (mə·’ōḏ) Adverb Strong's 3966: Vehemence, vehemently, wholly, speedily afflicted.” עָנִ֥יתִי (‘ā·nî·ṯî) Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular Strong's 6031: To be bowed down or afflicted Links Psalm 116:10 NIVPsalm 116:10 NLT Psalm 116:10 ESV Psalm 116:10 NASB Psalm 116:10 KJV Psalm 116:10 BibleApps.com Psalm 116:10 Biblia Paralela Psalm 116:10 Chinese Bible Psalm 116:10 French Bible Psalm 116:10 Catholic Bible OT Poetry: Psalm 116:10 I believed therefore I said I was (Psalm Ps Psa.) |
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