Psalms 116:1

Psalms 116:1. I love the LORD, because he hath heard my voice and my supplications.

If this double declaration is true, it turns the reading of the Psalm into a devout spiritual exercise for each one of us who can rightly adopt the psalmist’s language. But can each one of us truthfully say, "Lord, thou knowest all things; thou knowest that I love thee"? If I can honestly say, "I love the Lord," then I can give the reason for the love that is in me. It is because he has loved me with an everlasting love, and because he has manifested that love, among many other ways, in hearing "my voice and my supplications."