I will pay my vows unto the LORD now in the presence of all his people.
I will pay my vows unto the Lord now in the presence of all his people. "Now," or 'yea' [ naa' (H4994)], stirring himself up to promise hearty and public thanksgiving.
Verse Psalms 116:14. _I WILL PAY MY VOWS UNTO THE LORD NOW IN THE PRESENCE_ _OF ALL HIS PEOPLE._] He was probably now bringing his offering to the temple. These words are repeated, Psalms 116:18....
I WILL PAY MY VOWS ... - I will perform or execute. The word vows here refers probably to the solemn promise which he had made in his sickness - the promise to devote himself to God, should he be rest...
Psalms 116 The Praise of Israel for Deliverance from Death _ 1. The Deliverance-Experience (Psalms 116:1)_ 2. Thanksgiving (Psalms 116:10) Redeemed Israel expresseth in this Psalm her love to Jeho...
CXVI. A SONG OF COMFORT IN AFFLICTION. There is nothing to justify the division into two Pss. (_a_) Psalms 116:1, (_b_) Psalms 116:10 (LXX); the same theme in its double aspect is continued throughout...
DISCOURSE: 691 HOW TO REQUITE THE LORD FOR HIS MERCIES Psalms 116:12. _What shall I render unto the Lord for all his benefits toward me! I will take the cup of salvation, and call upon the name of th...
PSALMS 116 DESCRIPTIVE TITLE Individual Thanks for Deliverance from Peril of Death. ANALYSIS Stanza I., Psalms 116:1-4, With Profession of Love the Psalmist Describes his Peril and Prayer. Stanza I...
Psalms 115-118 were probably the hymns sung by our Lord and His disciples. Some modern scholars, however, deny this, on the ground that, in Christ's time, the Hallel was only in its beginning, and con...
Psalms 107:150 _GORDON CHURCHYARD_ HE SAVED ME! PSALMS 116 Jesus said, "If the Son (of God) makes you free, you will be really free!" (John 8
נְ֭דָרַי לַ יהוָ֣ה אֲשַׁלֵּ֑ם נֶגְדָה ־נָּ֝֗א...
Psalms 116:1 THIS psalm is intensely individual. "I," "me," or "my" occurs in every verse but two (Psalms 116:5, Psalms 116:19). The singer is but recently delivered from some peril, and his song heav...
PRAISE HIM FOR ALL HIS BENEFITS Psalms 116:12; Psalms 117:1 The psalmist dwells joyfully on his enslavement to God, because in and through it he had found perfect liberty. _Thou hast loosed my bonds_...
This is the fourth song of the Hallel. In it the note of triumph over death, with which the last one closed, is elaborated. The singer had evidently been in some grave peril in which he had practicall...
Reader! do observe: The question is, What shall I give unto the Lord? under a sense of his mercies. A strange answer is returned. I will receive the cup of salvation. Yes! Jesus and his gospel are the...
14_I will pay my vows unto Jehovah _The steadfastness of his piety shines forth in this, that, in the midst of his dangers, he had vowed unto God. And now he proves that he by no means forgot these en...
Psalms 116 celebrates this deliverance when they were at the very point of death. Jehovah had heard them, and they would walk before the Lord in the land of the living. In this view it is a continual...
I WILL PAY MY VOWS UNTO THE LORD NOW, IN THE PRESENCE OF ALL HIS PEOPLE. Make good the resolutions and determinations he made in the strength of divine grace, in the time of his troubles; that should...
I will pay my vows unto the LORD now in the presence of all his people. Ver. 14. _I will pay my vows_] This word "pay" importeth that vows lawfully made are due debt; and debt, till paid, is a disqui...
_What shall I render unto the Lord_ Yet, notwithstanding all my dangers, and my distrust of God also, he hath conferred so many and great blessings upon me, that I can never make sufficient returns to...
THANKSGIVING FOR DELIVERANCE FROM EXTREME PERILS. The psalmist proclaims the fact that he was saved from great dangers, celebrates his deliverance by giving praise to God alone, and pledges His publi...
I will pay my vows unto the Lord, the special offerings made to express his gratitude to Jehovah, NOW IN THE PRESENCE OF ALL HIS PEOPLE, he was willing and eager to do so in public, that all men might...
10-19 When troubled, we do best to hold our peace, for we are apt to speak unadvisedly. Yet there may be true faith where there are workings of unbelief; but then faith will prevail; and being humble...
MY VOWS; the praises and sacrifices which I vowed to God in the time of my distress. IN THE PRESENCE OF ALL HIS PEOPLE; that they who heard my vows, or understood them by the report of others, might b...
Psalms 116:14 pay H7999 (H8762) vows H5088 LORD H3068 people H5971 pay my vows - Psalms 116:18,...
The whole Psalm is one of joyous thanksgiving because of God's mercy to the singer. He had been in deep waters of trial and affliction, but had not been suffered to sink. He had known fierce assaults...
We have read this Psalm many times, let us read it now, not regarding it so much as the language of the psalmist uttered thousands of years ago, as our own language at this moment. Psalms 116:1. _I l...
Psalms 116:1. _I love the LORD, because he hath heard my voice and my supplications._ Every answered prayer should make us love the Lord, and especially those prayers that come up from our heart when...
We have read this Psalm many times, and have often felt it to be a photograph of our own spiritual experience; but we will, on this occasion, read it from one special point of view. Please notice that...
In this Psalm, David tells us his experience with regard to God and with regard to men. Psalms 116:1. _I love the LORD, because he hath heard my voice and my supplications._ Answered prayer is a goo...
I knew a godly woman who, when she was very sick, would always say, «Read me the 116 th Psalm.» It is deservedly a great favourite with many experienced Christians. May the Holy Spirit apply it to our...
CONTENTS: Thanksgiving for the many gracious deliverances God had wrought. CHARACTERS: God, Psalmist. CONCLUSION: The experiences we have had of God's goodness in answer to prayer are great encourag...
It is scarcely doubted but David is the author of this psalm, and that he wrote it when in exile from Saul's persecution, or when Absalom rebelled, or on some similar occasion of danger and grief. It...
_I will pay my vows unto the Lord now in the presence of all His people._ WHETHER WELL-COMPOSED RELIGIOUS VOWS DO NOT EXCEEDINGLY PROMOTE RELIGION Whoso doth engage himself by a well-ordered vow, dot...
_What shall I render unto the Lord for all His benefits toward me?_ GIVING THANKS BY TAKING MORE There is a wonderful ministry of contrast in this varied psalm. A diamond resting upon black plush or...
_I love the Lord, because He hath heard my voice and my supplications._ CHRISTIAN EXPERIENCE AND ITS RESULTS I. The psalm opens with a general declaration of gratitude to God, as the hearer of praye...
PSALM PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 116:1. This is a hymn of personal thanksgiving for God’s care. The specific circumstance is a narrow escape from death (vv. Psalms 116:3
PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 116:12 WHAT SHALL I RENDER TO THE LORD FOR ALL HIS BENEFITS TO ME? The answer is, acts of public worship. The personal deliverance is a benefit to the whole people, and the entire...
INTRODUCTION “This Psalm is an evidence of the truth and depth of the religious life in individuals after the return from the Exile.… It reminds us of earlier Psalms, and especially of the Psalms of D...
EXPOSITION A PSALM of thanksgiving on deliverance from an imminent peril, placed in the mouth of an individual, but possibly intended for liturgical use on some occasion of a national deliverance. Hen...
Jonah 1:16; Jonah 2:9; Matthew 5:33; Nahum 1:15; Psalms 116:18;...