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He Delivered My Soul
Psa 116:1-11
Throughout this psalm we meet the pronoun in the first person. Only in two verses, Psa 116:15 and Psa 116:19, does it not so occur. There is no fear of egotism, however, when the heart of the singer overflows with divine love.
Psa 116:1-4
The psalmist here compares himself to some wild animal ensnared by the hunter and bound by the sharp cords which make free movement impossible. Bow many of God’s saints have felt the deep incision of these cords! It has been with them as with Joseph, when let down into the pit. But there is no pit so deep that a cry from it may not reach the heart of God.
Psa 116:5-11
When the quiet faith of answered prayer is ours, the fluttering soul seems to settle down to its nest in peace. The feet which were slipping now walk in the paths of life. Notice the prayer of Psa 116:4 and the reply of Psa 116:8. God does more than deliver; He wipes the tears from our faces, and holds us as a mother who places her hands under the armpits of her child, teaching it to walk. Paul quotes Psa 116:10 in 2Co 4:13. How often must this psalm have been in his thought and on his lips! Do not speak hastily. An eminent religious leader said once, “I shall have good hopes of you, when you can speak and move slowly.”