Bible Commentary

I will pay my vows unto the LORD now in the presence of all his people, 18. As in Psa 22:25 stress is laid upon the public confession of gratitude. Cp. Psa 66:13. Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges I will pay my vows … – See Psa 116:14. Fuente: Albert Barnes’ Notes … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Psalms 116:18”

I will offer to thee the sacrifice of thanksgiving, and will call upon the name of the LORD. 17. Unto thee will I offer and proclaim the name of Jehovah, as Psa 116:13. sacrifice of thanksgiving ] See Lev 7:11 ff. Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges I will offer to thee the … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Psalms 116:17”

O LORD, truly I [am] thy servant; I [am] thy servant, [and] the son of thine handmaid: thou hast loosed my bonds. 16. Lit. I beseech thee, Jehovah, for I am thy servant. The precative interjection would naturally be followed by an imperative, as in Psa 116:4 b, hear me, or the like; but the … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Psalms 116:16”

Precious in the sight of the LORD [is] the death of his saints. 15. Precious &c.] Their death is not a matter of indifference to Him. Cp. Psa 72:14. Babylas bishop of Antioch, who was martyred in the Decian persecution, met his death singing these words. his saints ] His beloved, or his godly ones. … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Psalms 116:15”

I will pay my vows unto the LORD now in the presence of all his people. 14. This verse which is repeated as Psa 116:18 is omitted in the best MSS of the LXX, and may have been inserted here by mistake. Its omission would make the stanza Psa 116:10-13 agree in length with the … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Psalms 116:14”

I will take the cup of salvation, and call upon the name of the LORD. 13. the cup of salvation ] Lit. salvations; the cup to be drunk as a part of the sacrifice of thanksgiving ( Psa 116:14) for great and manifold deliverance. Cp. ‘the cup of blessing’ in the service of the Passover … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Psalms 116:13”

What shall I render unto the LORD [for] all his benefits toward me? 12. ‘Quid retribuam Domino pro omnibus quae retribuit mihi?’ was the question which Richard of Bury, bishop of Durham 1334 1345, the most learned man of his country and age, asked himself repeatedly, and answered by making provision for a band of … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Psalms 116:12”

I said in my haste, All men [are] liars. I said in my haste – The Hebrew word used here means to flee in haste; to be in alarm and trepidation; and the idea seems to be, that the assertion referred to was made under the influence of excitement – or that it was not … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Psalms 116:11”

I believed, therefore have I spoken: I was greatly afflicted: 10, 11. In the extremity of his distress the Psalmist was compelled to recognise the delusiveness of human help, but he never lost faith in God. Such is the general sense, but the details of interpretation are doubtful. The A.V. I believed, therefore have I … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Psalms 116:10”

I will walk before the LORD in the land of the living. I will walk before the Lord … – Compare Psa 27:13, note; Isa 38:20, note. This expresses a full belief that he would live, and a purpose to live before the Lord; that is, as in his presence, in his service, and enjoying … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Psalms 116:9”