The Pulpit Commentary on Psalms 116:6

The Pulpit Commentary · Joseph S. Exell and contributors · Public domain

The Lord preserveth the simple; i.e. "the simple-minded"—those who are without guile or artifice (comp. Psalms 19:7). I was brought low. The same verb is used here as in Isaiah 38:14, where it is translated "fail" ("mine eyes fail").

It expresses extreme weakness, or exhaustion. And he helped me; or, "saved me" (comp. Isaiah 38:20).

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