Psalms 116:17 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

I will offer to thee the sacrifice of thanksgiving, and will call upon the name of the LORD. I will offer to thee - As it is most probable that this Psalm celebrates the deliverance from Babylon, it is no wonder that we find the psalmist so intent on performing the rites of his religion in the temple at Jerusalem, which had been burnt with fire, and was now reviving out of its ruins, the temple service having been wholly interrupted for nearly four-score years.