“ What shall I render unto the LORD for all his benefits toward me? ”
What shall I render unto the Lord for all his benefits toward me? - All his “recompences,” - the same word which in Psalms 116:7 is rendered “hath dealt bountifully.” The question here has refe...
CXVI. A Song of Comfort in Affliction. There is nothing to justify the division into two Pss. ( a ) Psalms 116:1-9 , ( b ) Psalms 116:10-19 (LXX); the same theme in its double aspect is continue...
What shall. render... ? Note the answer in next verse.
12. What shall I render unto Jehovah? He now exclaims with devout admiration, that the multitude of God’s benefits was greater than he could find language to give expression to the grateful...
DISCOURSE: 691 HOW TO REQUITE THE LORD FOR HIS MERCIES Psalms 116:12-14 . What shall I render unto the Lord for all his benefits toward me! I will take the cup of salvation, and call upon the na...
What shall I render unto the LORD for all his benefits toward me? What shall I render - מה אשיב mah ashib, "What shall Ireturn?" For his benefits - תגמולוהי tagmulohi, "His retributions," the retu...
What shall I render unto the LORD for all his benefits toward me? What shall I render unto the Lord for all his benefits toward me? This presupposes that his believing and his and consequent s...
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 co...
Psalms 116:1-19 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 hi...
Praise Him for All His Benefits Psalms 116:12-19 ; Psalms 117:1-2 The psalmist dwells joyfully on his enslavement to God, because in and through it he had found perfect liberty. Thou hast loo...
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 practical...
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 th...
What shall I render unto the Lord ?.... He considers the Lord only as the author and giver of his mercies, and has nothing to say of his own merits, nor of other persons, who might be instruments of...
What shall I render unto the LORD [for] all his benefits toward me? Ver. 12. What shall I render unto the Lord ] This he speaketh as one in an ecstasy ( Amor Dei est ecstaticus ), or in a deep dem...
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 t...
Grateful Acknowledgments; Devout Resolutions. 10 I believed, therefore have I spoken: I was greatly afflicted: 11 I s...
Yet notwithstanding all my dangers and my distrust of God too, God hath conferred so many and great blessings upon me, that I can never make sufficient returns to him for them.
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...
Psalms 116:12-13 The great thought which lies here is that we best requite God by thankfully taking what He gives. I. Note how deep that thought goes into the heart of God. We requite God by taki...
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...
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 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 pr...
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 delivera...
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 pu...
1 Corinthians 6:20 ; 2 Corinthians 5:14 ; 2 Corinthians 5:15 ; Isaiah 6:5-8 ; Psalms 103:2 ; Psalms 51:12-14 ; Romans 12:1