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Geneva Study Bible Commentary

Psalms 116:18

I will pay my (k) vows unto the LORD now in the presence of all his people,

(k) I will thank him for his benefits, for that is a just payment, to confess that we owe all to God.

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See also Psalms 116:18 in other biblical comments:

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    I WILL PAY MY VOWS ... - See Psalms 116:14....

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    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...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    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...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    I will pay my vows unto the LORD now in the presence of all his people, I WILL PAY MY VOWS ... - (cf. .)...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    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

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    נְ֭דָרַי לַ יהוָ֣ה אֲשַׁלֵּ֑ם נֶגְדָה ־נָּ֝֗א...

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    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...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    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_...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    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...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    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...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    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...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    I WILL PAY MY VOWS UNTO THE LORD,.... Psalms 116:14. And the Targum here, as there, paraphrases the latter clause, NOW IN THE PRESENCE OF ALL HIS PEOPLE, thus; "I will then declare his signs (or wo...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    I will pay my vows unto the LORD now in the presence of all his people, Ver. 18. _I will pay_] See Psalms 116:14 . _ Now_] Vows were to be paid without either diminution or delays, Deuteronomy 23:21;...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    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...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    I will pay my vows unto the Lord now in the presence of all His people,...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    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...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    And as I said before, so I now repeat my promise, for the greater assurance, and to lay the stricter obligation upon myself....

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Psalms 116:18 pay H7999 (H8762) vows H5088 LORD H3068 people H5971 Psalms 116:14,...

  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

    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...

  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

    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...

  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

    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...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    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...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    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...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _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...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _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...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    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

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    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...

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    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...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    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...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    Ecclesiastes 5:5; Psalms 116:14; Psalms 22:25; Psalms 76:11...

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