“The Lord preserveth the simple: I was brought low, and he helped me.”
The LORD protects the simple; when I was brought low, he saved me. God's protective care ('protects the simple') includes the speaker's particular deliverance from degradation ('when I was brought low, he saved me'). The simplicity-language suggests humility or vulnerability. This verse indicates that God especially cares for the unassuming.
Church Fathers on Psalms 116:6
1. “I have loved, since the Lord will hear the voice of my prayer” Psalm 114:1. Let the soul that is sojourning in absence from the Lord sing thus, let that sheep which had strayed sing thus, let that son who had “died and returned to life,” who had “been lost and was found;” Luke 15:6, 24 let our soul sing thus, brethren, and most beloved sons. Let us be taught, and let us abide, and let us sing thus with the Saints: “I have loved: since the Lord will hear the voice of my…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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