Psalms 116:4

116:3 The sorrows of death compassed me, and the pains of hell gat hold upon me: I found trouble and sorrow. gat: Heb. found me

Then called I upon the name of the LORD; O LORD, I beseech thee, deliver my soul.

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Then I called on Yahweh’s name: “Yahweh, I beg you, deliver my soul.”

Then called I upon the name of the Lord; O Lord, I beseech thee, deliver my soul.

Then called I on the name of the LORD; O LORD, I beseech you, deliver my soul.

116:5 Gracious is the LORD, and righteous; yea, our God is merciful.

What does Psalms 116:4 mean?

Psalms 116:4 is a verse in the book of Psalms, in the Old Testament. In the original Hebrew, key words include קָרָא (qârâʼ), שֵׁם (shêm), יְהֹוָה (Yᵉhôvâh).

Hebrew interlinear

Then

calledקָרָאqârâʼ/kaw-raw'/H7121to call out to (i.e. properly, address by name, but used in a wide variety of applications)

upon

the

nameשֵׁםshêm/shame/H8034an appellation, as amark or memorial of individuality; by implication honor, authority, character

the

LORD;יְהֹוָהYᵉhôvâh/yeh-ho-vaw'/H3068Jehovah, Jewish national name of God

LORD,יְהֹוָהYᵉhôvâh/yeh-ho-vaw'/H3068Jehovah, Jewish national name of God

beseechאָנָּאʼânnâʼ/awn-naw'/H577oh now!

thee,

deliverמָלַטmâlaṭ/maw-lat'/H4422properly, to be smooth, i.e. (by implication) to escape (as if by slipperiness); causatively, to release or rescue; specifically, to bring forth young, emit sparks

soul.נֶפֶשׁnephesh/neh'-fesh/H5315properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental)

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Verses like this

Other verses that share key original-language words with Psalms 116:4.

Genesis 2:19

And out of the ground the LORD God formed every beast of the field, and every fowl of the air; and brought them unto Adam to see what he would call them: and whatsoever Adam called every living creature, that was the name thereof. Adam: or, the man

Genesis 19:22

Haste thee, escape thither; for I cannot do any thing till thou be come thither. Therefore the name of the city was called Zoar. Zoar: that is, Little

Genesis 4:26

And to Seth, to him also there was born a son; and he called his name Enos: then began men to call upon the name of the LORD. Enos: Heb. Enosh to call: or, to call themselves by the name of the Lord

Genesis 5:29

And he called his name Noah, saying, This same shall comfort us concerning our work and toil of our hands, because of the ground which the LORD hath cursed. Noah: Gr. Noe: that is Rest, or, Comfort

Genesis 11:9

Therefore is the name of it called Babel; because the LORD did there confound the language of all the earth: and from thence did the LORD scatter them abroad upon the face of all the earth. Babel: that is, Confusion

Genesis 12:8

And he removed from thence unto a mountain on the east of Bethel, and pitched his tent, having Bethel on the west, and Hai on the east: and there he builded an altar unto the LORD, and called upon the name of the LORD.

Genesis 13:4

Unto the place of the altar, which he had made there at the first: and there Abram called on the name of the LORD.

Genesis 16:11

And the angel of the LORD said unto her, Behold, thou art with child, and shalt bear a son, and shalt call his name Ishmael; because the LORD hath heard thy affliction. Ishmael: that is, God shall hear

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What does Psalms 116:4 say?

Psalms 116:4 (King James Version) reads: "Then called I upon the name of the LORD; O LORD, I beseech thee, deliver my soul."

Is Psalms 116:4 in the Old or New Testament?

Psalms 116:4 is in the Old Testament of the Bible, in the book of Psalms.

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