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Verse Psalms 116:12. _WHAT SHALL I RENDER_] מה אשיב _mah ashib_,
"What shall I return?"
_FOR HIS BENEFITS_] תגמולוהי _tagmulohi_, "His retributions,"
the returns he had made to my prayers and faith....
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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 reference
t...
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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...
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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...
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WHAT SHALL. RENDER... ? Note the answer in next verse....
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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...
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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...
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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 speaking...
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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...
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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
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מָֽה ־אָשִׁ֥יב לַ יהוָ֑ה כָּֽל
־תַּגְמוּלֹ֥והִי...
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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...
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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_...
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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...
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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...
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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 emotions...
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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...
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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 go...
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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 demur...
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_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...
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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...
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What shall I render unto the Lord for all His benefits toward me? How
repay His manifold expressions of love and goodness?...
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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...
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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....
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Psalms 116:12 render H7725 (H8686) LORD H3068 benefits H8408 toward me
Psalms 51:12-14,...
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Psalms 116:12
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 taking rath...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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_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...
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_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...
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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
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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...
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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...
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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...