John Calvin Reformed @genevareformer

David has endured terrible torment and danger, but God preserved him when all hope would have failed. His deliverance makes God's power so conspicuous that gratitude is the only response he can offer for such innumerable benefits.

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Commenting on Psalm 116:1-19

C.H. Spurgeon Reformed Baptist @princeofpreachers

I will take the cup of salvation. "I will take" is a strange answer to the question, "What shall I render?" and yet it is the wisest reply that could possibly be given. To take the cup of salvation was in itself an act of worship, and it was accompanied with other forms of adoration, hence the Psalmist says, and call upon the name of the Lord.

Matthew Henry Presbyterian @wholebiblehenry

The Septuagint and some other ancient versions make these verses a distinct psalm separate from the former; and some have called it the Martyr's psalm, I suppose for the sake of Psa 116:15. Three things David here makes confession of: - I. His faith (Psa 116:10): I believed, therefore have I spoken.

Commenting on Psalm 116:10-19