Message Notes

SSS 4
Book 5
Psalms 107-150
4 August 2024

Psalm 116 Part 1

1I love the Lord, because He has heard
My voice and my supplications.
2 Because He has inclined His ear to me,
Therefore I will call upon Him as long as I live.
3 The pains of death surrounded me,
And the pangs of Sheol laid hold of me;
I found trouble and sorrow.

4 Then I called upon the name of the Lord:
“O Lord, I implore You, deliver my soul!”

5 Gracious is the Lord, and righteous;
Yes, our God is merciful.

6 The Lord preserves the simple;
I was brought low, and He saved me.

7 Return to your rest, O my soul,
For the Lord has dealt bountifully with you.

8 For You have delivered my soul from death,
My eyes from tears,
And my feet from falling.

9 I will walk before the Lord
In the land of the living.

10 I believed, therefore I spoke,
“I am greatly afflicted.”

11 I said in my haste,
“All men are liars.”

Psalm 116:1-11

DECLARATION OF LOVE FOR GOD

1I love the Lord, because He has heard
My voice and my supplications.
2 Because He has inclined His ear to me,
Therefore I will call upon Him as long as I live.

Psalm 116:1-2

1. Love for God

a) Expressed

b) Openly

c) To call upon the LORD as long as one lives

2. Reasons for this love

a) Because He has heard prayers offered to Him

b) Because He has inclined His ear to hear

REMEMBERING A DIFFICULT TIME

3 The pains of death surrounded me,
And the pangs of Sheol laid hold of me;
I found trouble and sorrow.

4 Then I called upon the name of the Lord:
“O Lord, I implore You, deliver my soul!”

Psalm 116:3-4

1. The pains of death

2. The pangs of Sheol

3. Trouble and Sorrow

4. Calling upon the name of the Lord for deliverance

OFFERING PRAISE TO GOD

5 Gracious is the Lord, and righteous;
Yes, our God is merciful.

6 The Lord preserves the simple;
I was brought low, and He saved me.

Psalm 116:5-6

1. Remembering the occasion

a) A low moment

b) God saved

2. Remembering the Lord

a) His graciousness

b) His righteousness

c) His mercy

d) His preserving power

SOUL-REST

7 Return to your rest, O my soul,
For the Lord has dealt bountifully with you.

8 For You have delivered my soul from death,
My eyes from tears,
And my feet from falling.

9 I will walk before the Lord
In the land of the living.

Psalm 116:7-9

1. The soul could find no rest once

2. Reflection on how the soul found rest

a) It was delivered from death

b) There had been many years shed

c) The danger of falling was very real

3. An appropriate response

a) To walk before the Lord

b) To live consciously among the living

REMEMBERING A DESPAIRING MOMENT

10 I believed, therefore I spoke,
“I am greatly afflicted.”

11 I said in my haste,
“All men are liars.”

Psalm 116:10-11

1. Believing

a) Great affliction

b) This had affected the Psalmist adversely

2. Speaking in haste

a) All men are liars

b) Behind these words were bitter experiences

i) He must have had bad experiences with some people

ii) That affected him badly