The author and date of this psalm are unknown. It seems to be rather
of a private than a public character, and there are expressions in it
which must have been drawn from the personal experience of it...
i. 1. Answered prayer evokes love and lifelong praise (Psalms
116:1-4).
2. Jehovah has proved Himself true to His revealed character by His
gracious dealings with the Psalmist, who can now look forwa...
CXVI.
The late date of composition of this psalm is shown both by the
presence of Aramaic forms and the use made of earlier portions of the
psalter. It was plainly a song of thanksgiving, composed to...
INTRODUCTION TO PSALM 116
Theodoret applies this psalm to the distresses of the Jews in the
times of the Maccabees under Antiochus Epiphanes; and R. Obadiah
interprets some passages in it of the Grec...
_A.M. 2984. B.C. 1020._
It is not certain by whom or on what occasion this Psalm was
composed. It plainly appears, however, to be a song of thanksgiving
for deliverance from trouble, either temporal...