Psalms 114 (DRB)

Chapter Text

114:1 I have loved, because the Lord will hear the voice of my prayer.

114:2 Because he hath inclined his ear unto me: and in my days I will call upon him.

114:3 The sorrows of death have compassed me: and the perils of hell have found me. I met with trouble and sorrow:

114:4 And I called upon the name of the Lord. O Lord, deliver my soul.

114:5 The Lord is merciful and just, and our God sheweth mercy.

114:6 The Lord is the keeper of little ones: I was humbled, and he delivered me.

114:7 Turn, O my soul, into thy rest: for the Lord hath been bountiful to thee.

114:8 For he hath delivered my soul from death: my eyes from tears, my feet from falling.

114:9 I will please the Lord in the land of the living.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "called", "mercy", "loved", "lord", "hear", "voice", "prayer", and "hath". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "called" and "mercy", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The local DRB text gives this verse as the immediate unit, so "called" and "mercy" carries the first interpretive weight. In Psalms context, the local focus is worship, trust, the LORD's kingship, and covenant mercy.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "called" and "mercy" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.