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Then I cried out in the name[a] of the Lord:
    “O Lord, I entreat you to preserve my life.”
Gracious is the Lord and righteous;
    our God is merciful.
The Lord watches over his little ones;[b]
    when I was brought low, he saved me.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 116:4 Name: see note on Ps 5:12.
  2. Psalm 116:6 Little ones: just like the “poor,” the “little ones” are those who depend on and trust only in the Lord (see Ps 34:7). They have a poverty of spirit, not simply of money. Just as the Spirit of God worked on the primeval darkness to produce all that exists, so the Lord works on his little ones to produce all that is good for them.