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Psalm 116:10

I believed, therefore I said, “I was greatly afflicted.”

8For you have delivered my soul from death, my eyes from tears, and my feet from falling.
9I will walk before the LORD in the land of the living.
10I believed, therefore I said, “I was greatly afflicted.”
11I said in my haste, “All people are liars.”
12What will I give to the LORD for all his benefits toward me?
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Notice

“I believed” leads into an admission of great affliction, a connection that can challenge the fear that honest grief betrays trust in God.

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Where else Scripture says this

7 passages readers most often link with this verse, and the thread each one shares with it.

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2 Corinthians 4:13But having the same spirit of faith, according to that which is written, “I believed, and therefore I spoke.” We also believe, and therefore we also speak,Paul quotes the psalm’s link between believing and speaking, identifying that same faith as the reason he and his companions speak.
1 Samuel 30:6David was greatly distressed, for the people spoke of stoning him, because the souls of all the people were grieved, every man for his sons and for his …Both passages describe great distress alongside trust in God: the psalmist speaks from belief, and David finds strength in the LORD.
Hebrews 11:1Now faith is assurance of things hoped for, proof of things not seen.Faith is their shared subject: the psalm joins belief with spoken affliction, while Hebrews describes assurance concerning things hoped for and unseen.
Proverbs 21:28A false witness will perish. A man who listens speaks to eternity.Both concern speech, though the psalm describes faith amid affliction and the proverb contrasts a false witness with a listener.
2 Peter 1:21For no prophecy ever came by the will of man, but holy men of God spoke, being moved by the Holy Spirit.Both describe speaking, though the psalm concerns a believer’s affliction and Peter explains the Holy Spirit’s role in prophecy.
2 Peter 1:16For we didn’t follow cunningly devised fables when we made known to you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but we were eyewitnesses of his majesty.Both speakers recount personal experience, though the psalm concerns affliction and Peter describes witnessing Christ’s majesty.
Numbers 14:6–9Joshua the son of Nun and Caleb the son of Jephunneh, who were of those who spied out the land, tore their clothes.The shared thread is an expression of distress: the psalmist names his affliction, while Joshua and Caleb tear their clothes.
Where this verse fits

Grief. illness or diagnosis. doubt.

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Tell God one hardship you hesitate to name

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Encouragement

Your account of suffering need not sound less severe to count as faithful speech. Here, belief in God gives rise to an honest confession of great affliction.

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Cross-reference data from OpenBible.info (CC BY). Scripture from the World English Bible (public domain). Arc diagram after Chris Harrison and Christoph Römhild (2007).