Charles Ellicott Commentary Psalms 116:1

"I love Jehovah, because he heareth My voice and my supplications." — Psalms 116:1 (ASV)

I love the Lord. —Besides this rendering, where Jehovah is supplied as an object, this poet tends to use verbs without an object (Psalms 116:10), there are two other possible translations.

1. I have longed that Jehovah should hear, etc.—For this meaning of the verb to love see Jeremiah 5:31, Amos 4:5; and for the construction see Psalms 27:4-6. So the Syriac and Arabic versions.
2. I am well pleased that Jehovah hears (or will hear).—So Septuagint and Vulgate.