Psalms 116:10
I believed, therefore have I spoken: I was greatly afflicted:
KJV
I believe, for I will speak: I was greatly afflicted:
ASV
הֶ֭אֱמַנְתִּי כִּ֣י אֲדַבֵּ֑ר אֲ֝נִ֗י עָנִ֥יתִי מְאֹֽד
Hebrew
I have believed, for I speak, I--I have been afflicted greatly.
YLT
I believed, therefore I said, “I was greatly afflicted.”
WEB
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In the original Hebrew
6 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
אֲנִ֥י
'ny
pronoun · 862×
וֹ
v
verb · 83×
יְדַבֵּ֥ר
ydbr
verb · 1134×
כִּֽי
ky
pronoun · 4439×
מְאֹֽד
m'd
noun · 297×
נֶאֱמָ֔ן
n'mn
verb · 108×
Intertextual echoes
Quoted or echoed by 1 later passage.
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2Cor 4:13 · exact_quote"We having the same spirit of faith, according as it is written, I believed, and therefore have I spoken; we also believe, and therefore speak;"Psalm 116: I believed, therefore I spoke — Paul on faith and proclamation
Historic Christian voices
4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Chapter 29.—Of the Beatific Vision. And now let us consider, with such ability as God may vouchsafe, how the saints shall be employed when they are clothed in immortal and spiritual bodies, and when the flesh shall live no longer in a fleshly but a spiritual fashion. And indeed, to tell the truth, I am at a loss to understand the nature of that employment, or, shall I rather sa…
Cross-references
- 1Sam 30:6 — And David was greatly distressed; for the people spake of stoning him, because the soul of all the people was grieved, every man for his sons and for his daughters: but David encouraged himself in the
- 2Cor 4:13 — We having the same spirit of faith, according as it is written, I believed, and therefore have I spoken; we also believe, and therefore speak;
- 2Cor 4:13 — We having the same spirit of faith, according as it is written, I believed, and therefore have I spoken; we also believe, and therefore speak;
- 2Pet 1:16 — For we have not followed cunningly devised fables, when we made known unto you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but were eyewitnesses of his majesty.
- 2Pet 1:21 — For the prophecy came not in old time by the will of man: but holy men of God spake as they were moved by the Holy Ghost.
- Heb 11:1 — Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.
- Num 14:6 — And Joshua the son of Nun, and Caleb the son of Jephunneh, which were of them that searched the land, rent their clothes:
- Prov 21:28 — A false witness shall perish: but the man that heareth speaketh constantly.