I love the LORD, because he listens to my voice, and my cries for mercy.
ExplanationCommentary
Verse 1. Alleluia. This word is found at the end of the last psalm, in Hebrew Bible.—The captives invite all to thank God for their delivery, which was a most striking figure of the world’s redemption, in which sense the apostle (Romans 15:11) quotes this psalm, with the holy Fathers, though Ven. Bede puts it in the mouth of Ezechias, after the retrogradation of the sun. Kimchi allows that it regards the times of the Messias. Calmet.—Praise him. Saint Paul reads, magnify him, as the Hebrew means, “extol” by your praises. Bert.—All are invited to praise, as the redemption is sufficient, ( Worthington.) and designed for all the posterity of Adam.
LORD or GOD in all caps is from the Hebrew יהוה Yahweh except when otherwise noted as being from the short form יה Yah.