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The Biblical Illustrator - Psalms 116:14

Psalms 116:14I will pay my vows unto the Lord now in the presence of all His people. Whether well-composed religious vows do not exceedingly promote religionWhoso doth engage himself by a well-ordered vow, doth set his religion in the whole, or in some particular part of it, in very good forwardness. Religion is a gainer by this bargain well made; the bond is to God, but religion receives the interest at least: well-composed vows are religion’s engines, able to move the weightier burdens and... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Psalms 116:15

Psalms 116:15Precious in the sight of the Lord is the death of His saints.Precious deathAs we see death, it means decay, removal, absence--things which we do not prize. But as God sees death, He beholds something really precious to Him and, we may justly infer, precious to us, for whatever is against us cannot be precious to our Father. We are looking at the wrong side of the tapestry, where all is tangle and confusion. God sees the right side, where the design is intelligent and the colours... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Psalms 116:16

Psalms 116:16O Lord, truly I am Thy servant. God’s serviceThis, with the following verses, may be thus paraphrased: Blessed Lord, from the sense of what Thou hast done for me, I cannot but declare myself infinitely obliged to Thee; no servant bought with a price, or born in a house, can be more engaged to his Master than I am to Thee, who by Thy providence hast rescued me from the utmost dangers; what remains but that I should return the humblest offerings of praise and prayer, that I should... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Psalms 116:18-19

Psalms 116:18-19In the courts of the Lord’s house.The duty and blessing of public worshipI. An urgent duty. That God should receive the adoration of His creatures is the first dictate of all theology. We are told, in the earliest periods of sacred history, of altars erected and sacrifices offered. It was not until natural religion degenerated into idolatry that the manner of their service was specially revealed. The light of nature had led them together into God’s presence. The throne of grace,... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Psalms 116:9

Psa 116:9 I will walk before the LORD in the land of the living. Ver. 9. I will walk before the Lord ] Indesinenter ambulabo. I will not only take a turn or two with God, go three or four steps with him, &c., but walk constantly and in all duties before him, with him, after him. Hypocrites do not walk with God, but halt with him, they follow him as a dog doth his master, till he comes by a carrion; they will launch no farther out into the main than they may be sure to return at pleasure... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Psalms 116:10

Psa 116:10 I believed, therefore have I spoken: I was greatly afflicted: Ver. 10. I believed, therefore have I spoken ] Fundamentum et fulcrum verae spei est fides viva. Hope is the daughter of faith, but such as is a staff to her aged mother; and will produce a bold and wise profession of the truth before men, as also earnest prayer to God. It is as the cork upon the net, though the lead on the one side sink it down, yet the cork on the other keeps it up. Some translate the words thus: "I... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Psalms 116:11

Psa 116:11 I said in my haste, All men [are] liars. Ver. 11. I said in my haste ] In my heat, trepidation, concussion, outburst. Saints may have such, as being but men, subject to like passions; and as meeting with many molestations, Satanic and secular; and left sometimes to themselves by God, as was good Hezekiah, for their trial and exercise. The sea is not so calm in summer, but hath its commotions; the mountain so firm, but may be moved with an earthquake. Dogs in a chase bark sometimes... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Psalms 116:12

Psa 116:12 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 what to do best for so good a God. Such self-deliberations are very useful and acceptable, and thereunto are requisite, 1. Recognition of God’s favours. 2. Estimation. 3. Retribution, as here. read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Psalms 116:13

Psa 116:13 I will take the cup of salvation, and call upon the name of the LORD. Ver. 13. I will take the cup of salvation ] Calicem salutum, vel omnis salutis (Vatab. Trem.). As in the drink offerings, or as at the feast after the peace offerings. See 1 Chronicles 16:3 . Wherein the feast maker was wont to take a festival great cup; and in lifting it up to declare the occasion of that feast; and then, in testimony of thankfulness, to drink thereof to the guests, that they in order might... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Psalms 116:14

Psa 116:14 I will pay my vows unto the LORD now in the presence of all his people. Ver. 14. I will pay my vows ] This word "pay" importeth that vows lawfully made are due debt; and debt, till paid, is a disquieting thing to an honest mind, Romans 13:8 . The saints, in distress especially, used to make their prayers with vows. Hence prayer is in Greek called προσευχη , a service with vows. Mr Philpot, martyr, first coming into Smithfield to suffer, kneeled down, and said, I will pay my vows in... read more

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