King James Version
Psalms 116:10 in the King James Version says “I believed, therefore have I spoken: I was greatly afflicted:” — study this verse from Psalms chapter 116 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“I believed, therefore have I spoken: I was greatly afflicted:”
Psalms 116:10 · KJV
For thou hast delivered my soul from death, mine eyes from tears, and my feet from falling.
I will walk before the LORD in the land of the living.
I believed, therefore have I spoken: I was greatly afflicted:
I said in my haste, All men are liars.
What shall I render unto the LORD for all his benefits toward me?
KJV Study — Public Domain
“I believed”
H539properly, to build up or support; to foster as a parent or nurse; figuratively to render (or be) firm or faithful, to trust or believe, to be permanen
(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
“therefore have I spoken”
H1696perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue
“afflicted”
H6031to depress literally or figuratively, transitive or intransitive (in various applications, as follows)
“I was greatly”
H3966properly, vehemence, i.e., (with or without preposition) vehemently; by implication, wholly, speedily, etc. (often with other words as an intensive or
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