“ I will take the cup of salvation, and call upon the name of the LORD. ”
I will take the cup of salvation - Compare the notes at Psalms 11:6 . The “cup of salvation” means the cup by which his sense of the greatness of the salvation might be expressed - the cup of th...
I will (h) take the cup of salvation, and call upon the name of the LORD. (h) In the Law they used to make a banquet when they gave solemn thanks to God, and to take the cup and drink in sign of tha...
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...
I will take. The way to render thanks is to receive yet more grace. And call . And [I will] call.
13. The cup of salvation He refers to a custom which was prevalent under the Law. For when they rendered solemn thanks to God, a feast was also appointed, at which, in token of their gladnes...
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...
I will take the cup of salvation, and call upon the name of the LORD. I will take the cup of salvation - Literally, The cup of salvation, or deliverance, will I lift up. Alluding to the action in tak...
I will take the cup of salvation— Or, of deliverances. The taking this cup was either more solemn in the temple, or more private in the family. The former was the drink-offering, or strong win...
I will take the cup of salvation, and call upon the name of the LORD. I will take the cup of salvation, and call upon the name of the Lord - Hebrew, 'the cup of salvations;' the manifold and...
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...
I will take. — Or, lift up. Cup of salvation. — The drink offering or oblation which accompanied festival celebrations ( Numbers 29:19 , &c). Others think of the Passover cup mentioned...
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...
I will take the cup of salvation ,.... Or "salvations" n; not the eucharistic cup, or the cup in the Lord's supper, which the apostle calls "the cup of blessing", 1 Corinthians 10:16 ; though some...
I will take the cup of salvation, and call upon the name of the LORD. Ver. 13. I will take the cup of salvation ] Calicem salutum, vel omnis salutis (Vatab. Trem.). As in the drink offerings, or...
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...
I will take the cup of salvation; I will offer the sacrifice of thanksgiving to God, as this phrase seems to be explained below, Psalms 116:17 , where the latter clause of the verse is the same...
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 10:16 ; 1 Corinthians 10:21 ; 1 Corinthians 11:25-27 ; Isaiah 12:4 ; Luke 22:17 ; Luke 22:18 ; Luke 22:20 ; Psalms 105:1 ; Psalms 116:17 ; Psalms 116:2