Psalms 116:1 Cross References - BBE

¹ I have given my love to the Lord, because he has given ear to the voice of my cry and my prayer.

² Then Jacob said to all his people, Put away the strange gods which are among you, and make yourselves clean, and put on a change of clothing:

²⁶ And she said, O my lord, as your soul is living, my lord, I am that woman who was making a prayer to the Lord here by your side:

¹ To the chief music-maker. Of the servant of the Lord, of David, who said the words of this song to the Lord on the day when the Lord made him free from the hand of all his haters, and from the hand of Saul; and he said, I will give you my love, O Lord, my strength. ² The Lord is my Rock, my walled town, and my saviour; my God, my Rock, in him will I put my faith; my breastplate, and the horn of my salvation, and my high tower. ³ I will send up my cry to the Lord, who is to be praised; so will I be made safe from those who are against me. ⁴ The cords of death were round me, and the seas of evil put me in fear. ⁵ The cords of hell were round me: the nets of death came on me. ⁶ In my trouble my voice went up to the Lord, and my cry to my God: my voice came to his hearing in his holy Temple, and my prayer came before him, even into his ears.

²² And as for me, I said in my fear, I am cut off from before your eyes; but you gave ear to the voice of my prayer, when my cry went up to you. ²³ O have love for the Lord, all you his saints; for the Lord keeps safe from danger all those who are true to him, and gives the workers of pride their right reward.

³ O give praise to the Lord with me; let us be witnesses together of his great name. ⁴ I was searching for the Lord, and he gave ear to my voice, and made me free from all my fears.

¹ To the chief music-maker. Of David. A Psalm. When I was waiting quietly for the Lord, his heart was turned to me, and he gave ear to my cry.

¹⁹ But truly God's ear has been open; he has give attention to the voice of my prayer. ²⁰ Praise be to God who has not taken away his good faith and his mercy from me.

³³ For the ears of the Lord are open to the poor, and he takes thought for his prisoners.

¹³² Let your eyes be turned to me, and have mercy on me, as it is right for you to do to those who are lovers of your name.

³³ And to have love for him with all the heart, and with all the mind, and with all the strength, and to have the same love for his neighbour as for himself, is much more than all forms of offerings.

²⁴ Up to now you have made no request in my name: do so, and it will be answered, so that your hearts may be full of joy.

¹⁷ He said to him a third time, Simon, son of John, am I dear to you? Now Peter was troubled in his heart because he put the question a third time, Am I dear to you? And he said to him, Lord, you have knowledge of all things; you see that you are dear to me. Jesus said to him, Then give my sheep food.

¹⁹ We have the power of loving, because he first had love for us.

² In this way, we are certain that we have love for the children of God, when we have love for God and keep his laws. ³ For loving God is keeping his laws: and his laws are not hard.