Verse Psalms 116:19. _IN THE MIDST OF THEE, O JERUSALEM._] He speaks as if present in the city, offering his vowed _sacrifices_ in the temple to the Lord. Most of this Psalm has been applied to _our...
IN THE COURTS OF THE LORD’S HOUSE - See the notes at Psalms 65:4. Compare Psalms 84:2; Psalms 92:13; Psalms 96:8;...
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...
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...
PRAISE YE THE LORD. Hallelu-Jah. See App-4....
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...
In the courts of the LORD's house, in the midst of thee, O Jerusalem. Praise ye the LORD. IN THE COURTS OF THE LORD'S HOUSE - (cf. introductory notes.)...
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...
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
בְּ חַצְרֹ֤ות ׀ בֵּ֤ית יְהוָ֗ה בְּֽ תֹ֘וכֵ֤כִי...
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...
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_...
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...
Here again we may safely perceive Christ the mediator, the servant of Jehovah, the son of the handmaid, and lie that was bound for his people. whom Jehovah loosed. See those scriptures, Isaiah 42:1, c...
REFLECTIONS My soul! canst thou say, I love the Lord? Yes! if thou hast seen his loveliness, his beauty, his love to thee, and regard for thee, and that thou hast an interest in him. Pause over the in...
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...
IN THE COURTS OF THE LORD'S HOUSE,.... This is added by way of explanation of Psalms 116:18, what he meant by "the presence of all his people"; the assembly of the saints met together in the house of...
In the courts of the LORD'S house, in the midst of thee, O Jerusalem. Praise ye the LORD. Ver. 19. In the courts of the Lord's house] _In coetu sacro; _ in the great congregation, Psalms 22:25; Psalm...
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...
in the courts of the Lord's house, where the congregation assembled for public worship, IN THE MIDST OF THEE, O JERUSALEM. PRAISE YE THE LORD, all the believers of the New Testament joining in this ha...
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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Psalms 116:19 courts H2691 LORDS H3068 house H1004 midst H8432 Jerusalem H3389 Praise H1984 (H8761) LORD H3050
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...
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...
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...
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 praye...
_In the courts of the Lord’s house._ THE DUTY AND BLESSING OF PUBLIC WORSHIP I. An urgent duty. That God should receive the adoration of His creatures is the first dictate of all theology. We are tol...
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
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...
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...
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...