Psalms 116:15 KJV — MannaFest

Psalms 116:15

Precious in the sight of the Lord is the death of his saints.

KJV

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ASV

Precious in the sight of Jehovah Is the death of his saints.

WEB

Precious in the sight of the LORD is the death of His saints.

YLT

Precious in the eyes of Jehovah is the death for His saints.

DBT

Precious in the sight of Jehovah is the death of his saints.

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Psalms — The canon's longest book — 150 Psalms edited into five doxology-bookended books, composed across a millennium, attributed to David, Asaph, Korah's sons, Moses, Solomon, Heman, Ethan, and anonymous voices. A ''Torah of David''; the Bible's longest continuous liturgical-devotional corpus.

Author: David principally (73 Psalms + 2 NT-cited); Asaph, Sons of Korah, Solomon, Moses, Heman, Ethan; ~50 anonymous.
Date: Composed c. 1400 BC (Mosaic Ps 90) through the post-exilic period (Ps 126 ''when the Lord turned again the captivity of Zion''). Roughly a millennium of composition; editorial compilation likely into the Persian period.

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16 verses on the floor

Psalms 72:14
He shall redeem their soul from deceit and violence: and precious shall their blood be in his sight.
1 Samuel 25:29
Yet a man is risen to pursue thee, and to seek thy soul: but the soul of my lord shall be bound in the bundle of life with the Lord thy God; and the souls of thine enemies, them shall he sling out, as out of the middle of a sling.
Revelation 14:3
And they sung as it were a new song before the throne, and before the four beasts, and the elders: and no man could learn that song but the hundred and forty and four thousand, which were redeemed from the earth.
Luke 16:22
And it came to pass, that the beggar died, and was carried by the angels into Abraham’s bosom: the rich man also died, and was buried;
Psalms 37:32–33
The wicked watcheth the righteous, and seeketh to slay him.

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This should make us willing to die, to die for Christ, if we are called to it, that our death shall be registered in heaven; and let that be precious to us which is so to God. (3.) He will oblige himself to be God's servant all his days. Having asked, What shall I render? here he surrenders himself, which was more than all burnt-offerings and sacrifice (

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

Many good interpreters understand it of that cup, that bitter cup, which is yet sanctified to the saints, so that to them it is a cup of salvation. 19 , This shall turn to my salvation; it is a means of spiritual health. David's sufferings were typical of Christ's, and we, in ours, have communion with his, and his cup was indeed a cup of salvation.

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

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Two steps out along the cross-reference floor, votes-ranked — destinations reached by more than one path rise (the text's own hubs). Every stop is a page.

PSA 116:15REV 14:3 REV 5:9
PSA 116:15LUK 16:22 1PE 2:24
PSA 116:15LUK 16:22 PSA 49:16-19
PSA 116:15LUK 16:22 REV 14:13
PSA 116:15REV 14:3 REV 15:3
PSA 116:15LUK 16:22 JAS 1:11
PSA 116:151SA 25:29 JHN 17:21
PSA 116:15REV 14:3 REV 14:1

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