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King James Version

Psalms 116:10

I believed, therefore have I spoken: I was greatly afflicted:

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Murmuring;   Quotations and Allusions;   Testimony;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Faith;  

Dictionaries:

- Fausset Bible Dictionary - Zacharias;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Dedication, Feast of the;   Faith;   Hallel;   Hallelujah;   Jonah;   Joy;   Love, Lover, Lovely, Beloved;   Passover and Feast of Unleavened Bread;   Psalms;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Faith ;   Hallel ;   Quotations;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Hosanna;   Psalms the book of;   Tabernacles feast of;  

Devotionals:

- Daily Light on the Daily Path - Devotion for July 14;  

Parallel Translations

New Living Translation
I believed in you, so I said, "I am deeply troubled, Lord ."
English Revised Version
I believe, for I will speak: I was greatly afflicted:
Update Bible Version
I believe, for I will speak: I was greatly afflicted:
New Century Version
I believed, so I said, "I am completely ruined."
New English Translation
I had faith when I said, "I am severely oppressed."
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."
Amplified Bible
I believed [and clung to my God] when I said, "I am greatly afflicted."
English Standard Version
I believed, even when I spoke: "I am greatly afflicted";
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
I bileuede, for which thing Y spak; forsoth Y was maad low ful myche.
Berean Standard Bible
I believed, therefore I have spoken: "I am greatly afflicted."
Contemporary English Version
I was faithful to you when I was suffering,
American Standard Version
I believe, for I will speak: I was greatly afflicted:
Bible in Basic English
I still had faith, though I said, I am in great trouble;
Complete Jewish Bible
I will keep on trusting even when I say, "I am utterly miserable,"
Darby Translation
I believed, therefore have I spoken. As for me, I was greatly afflicted.
Easy-to-Read Version
I continued believing even when I said, "I am completely ruined!"
JPS Old Testament (1917)
I trusted even when I spoke: 'I am greatly afflicted.'
King James Version (1611)
I beleeued, therfore haue I spoken: I was greatly afflicted.
New Life Bible
I believed when I said, "I am very troubled."
New Revised Standard
I kept my faith, even when I said, "I am greatly afflicted";
Geneva Bible (1587)
I beleeued, therefore did I speake: for I was sore troubled.
George Lamsa Translation
I believed, therefore have I spoken; I have been humbled exceedingly:
Good News Translation
I kept on believing, even when I said, "I am completely crushed,"
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
I believed that I should speak, I, was greatly depressed.
Douay-Rheims Bible
(115-1) I have believed, therefore have I spoken; but I have been humbled exceedingly.
Revised Standard Version
I kept my faith, even when I said, "I am greatly afflicted";
Bishop's Bible (1568)
I beleued, therfore I wyll speake: I was sore afflicted,
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
I believed, wherefore I have spoken: but I was greatly afflicted.
Christian Standard Bible®
I believed, even when I said,“I am severely oppressed.”
Hebrew Names Version
I believed, therefore I said, "I was greatly afflicted."
Lexham English Bible
I believed when I spoke, "I am afflicted greatly."
Literal Translation
I believed; so I speak; I was greatly afflicted;
Young's Literal Translation
I have believed, for I speak, I -- I have been afflicted greatly.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
I beleued, and therfore haue I spoke, but I was sore troubled.
New American Standard Bible
I believed when I said, "I am greatly afflicted."
New King James Version
I believed, therefore I spoke, "I am greatly afflicted."
New American Standard Bible (1995)
I believed when I said, "I am greatly afflicted."
Legacy Standard Bible
I believed when I said,"I am greatly afflicted."

Contextual Overview

10 I believed, therefore have I spoken: I was greatly afflicted: 11 I said in my haste, All men are liars. 12 What shall I render unto the Lord for all his benefits toward me? 13 I will take the cup of salvation, and call upon the name of the Lord . 14 I will pay my vows unto the Lord now in the presence of all his people. 15 Precious in the sight of the Lord is the death of his saints. 16 O Lord , truly I am thy servant; I am thy servant, and the son of thine handmaid: thou hast loosed my bonds. 17 I will offer to thee the sacrifice of thanksgiving, and will call upon the name of the Lord . 18 I will pay my vows unto the Lord now in the presence of all his people. 19 In the courts of the Lord 's house, in the midst of thee, O Jerusalem. Praise ye the Lord .

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

I believed: 2 Corinthians 4:13, Hebrews 11:1

therefore: Numbers 14:6-9, Proverbs 21:28, 2 Peter 1:16, 2 Peter 1:21

I was greatly: Psalms 116:3

Reciprocal: 1 Samuel 2:25 - because 1 Samuel 30:6 - was greatly

Gill's Notes on the Bible

I believed, therefore have I spoken,.... Here the Septuagint, Vulgate Latin, Arabic, and Ethiopic versions, begin a new psalm, but without any foundation in the original; nor is it countenanced by the Targum; and is manifestly against the connection with the preceding verses. David expresses his faith in relation to what goes before, though the particulars of it are not mentioned, but are left to be supplied from thence: he not only believed there was a God, but that this God was gracious and merciful, and that he was his God; who had made a covenant with him, ordered in all things, and sure: he believed the promises of it; and particularly the grand promise of it respecting Christ, and salvation by him: he believed the Lord would deliver him out of all his troubles; that he should walk before him, and see his goodness in the land of the living; he believed a future state of happiness he should hereafter enjoy. The Apostle Paul quotes this passage, and applies it to himself and other Gospel ministers; declaring their faith in the resurrection of the dead, and an eternal weight of glory they were looking for, 2 Corinthians 4:13; and therefore spake so freely about these things. Faith gives boldness and freedom of speech to men; which believers use with God in prayer, in the believing views of him, as their God in Christ; and of Christ, his person, blood, righteousness, and sacrifice: it gives ministers boldness and freedom to speak out plainly, constantly, and boldly, the Gospel of Christ; it gives the same to private Christians, to speak freely one to another of their gracious experiences, and to declare publicly to the churches of Christ what God has done for their souls;

I was greatly afflicted; when he believed and spake, and yet nevertheless did; he might be afflicted, reproached, and persecuted for his faith, and his speaking of it; particularly as it respected his coming to the crown and kingdom of Israel. And it is no unusual thing for saints to be persecuted for their faith, and profession of it; and yet none of these things move them from it; their faith remains, and is much more precious than gold that perisheth; and they hold fast the profession of it. Many and great afflictions are the common lot of believers.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

I believed, therefore have I spoken - This, in the Septuagint and Latin Vulgate, begins a new psalm, but without any good reason. This language is borrowed by the Apostle Paul to express his confidence in the truth of the gospel, and the effect which that confidence had on him in causing him to declare the truth. 2 Corinthians 4:13. The meaning here is, that in the time of his affliction the psalmist had true faith in God; and, as a result of that, he was able now to speak as he did. At that time he trusted in God; he called on him; he sought his mercy, and God heard his prayer; and now, as the consequence of that, he was enabled to give utterance to these thoughts. Faith was at the foundation of his recovery, and he was now reaping the fruits of faith.

I was greatly afflicted - In danger of death. The psalmist reviewed this now, and he saw that all that he had felt and dreaded was real. He was in imminent; danger. There was occasion for the tears which he shed. There was reason for the earnestness of his cry to God.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Psalms 116:10. I believed, therefore have I spoken — Distressed and afflicted as I was, I ever believed thy promises to be true; but I had great struggles to maintain my confidence; for my afflictions were great, oppressive, and of long standing.

It is scarcely worth observing that the letters called heemantic by the Hebrew grammarians, and which are used in forming the derivatives from the roots, are taken from the first word in this verse, האמנתי heemanti, "I have believed;" as the prefixes in that language are found in the technical words משה וכלב Mosheh vecaleb, "Moses and Caleb;" and the formatives of the future are found in the word איתן eythan, "strength."


 
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