1 The psalmist professes his love and duty to God for his deliverance
12 He studies to be thankful

A.M. 3468, B.C. 536. From several instances of the Chaldee dialect being used in this Psalm, it appears to have been written after the Babylonian captivity.

love Ps 18:1-5 119:132 Mr 12:33 Joh 21:17 1Jo 4:19 5:2,3

because Ps 18:6 31:22,23 34:3,4 40:1 66:19,20 69:33 Ge 35:2 1Sa 1:26 Joh 16:24

2 Because he hath inclined his ear unto me, therefore will I call upon him as long as I live.

therefore Ps 55:16,17 86:6,7 88:1 145:18,19 Job 27:10 Lu 18:1 Php 4:6 Col 4:2

as long as I live. Heb. in my days

3 The sorrows of death compassed me, and the pains of hell gat hold upon me: I found trouble and sorrow.

sorrows Ps 18:4-6 88:6,7 Jon 2:2,3 Mr 14:33-36 Lu 22:44 Heb 5:7

gat hold upon me. Heb. found me. I found Ps 32:3,4 38:6 Isa 53:3,4

4 Then called I upon the name of the LORD; O LORD, I beseech thee, deliver my soul.

called Ps 22:1-3 30:7,8 34:6 40:15 118:5 130:1,2 2Ch 33:12,13 Isa 37:15-20 38:1-3 Joh 2:2

O Lord Ps 6:4 22:20 25:17 40:12,13 142:4-6 143:6-9 Lu 18:13 23:42,43

5 Gracious is the LORD, and righteous; yea, our God is merciful.

gracious Ps 86:5,15 103:8 112:4 115:1 145:8 Ex 34:6,7 Ne 9:17,31 Da 9:9 Ro 5:20,21 Eph 1:6-8 2:4 1Ti 1:14 Tit 3:4-7

and righteous Ps 119:137 145:4-7,17 Ezr 9:15 Ne 9:8,33 Isa 45:21 Da 9:7,14 Ro 3:25,26 1Jo 1:9

6 The LORD preserveth the simple: I was brought low, and he helped me.

preserveth Ps 19:7 25:21 Isa 35:8 Mt 11:25 Ro 16:19 2Co 1:12 11:3 Col 3:22

I was Ps 79:8 106:43 142:6

7 Return unto thy rest, O my soul; for the LORD hath dealt bountifully with thee.

thy rest Ps 95:11 Jer 6:16 30:10 Mt 11:28,29 Heb 4:8-10

dealt Ps 13:6 119:17 Ho 2:7

8 For thou hast delivered my soul from death, mine eyes from tears, and my feet from falling.

for thou Ps 56:13 86:13

mine Isa 25:8 38:5 Re 7:17 21:4

and my feet Ps 37:24 94:18 Jud 1:24

9 I will walk before the LORD in the land of the living.

walk Ps 61:7 Ge 17:1 1Ki 2:4 8:25 9:4 Lu 1:6,75

in the land Ps 27:13 Isa 53:8

10 I believed, therefore have I spoken: I was greatly afflicted:

I believed 2Co 4:13 Heb 11:1

therefore Nu 14:6-9 Pr 21:28 2Pe 1:16,21

I was greatly Ps 116:3

11 I said in my haste, All men are liars.

in my Ps 31:22 1Sa 27:1

all 2Ki 4:16 Jer 9:4,5 Ro 3:4

12 What shall I render unto the LORD for all his benefits toward me?

Ps 51:12-14 103:2 Isa 6:5-8 Ro 12:1 1Co 6:20 2Co 5:14,15

13 I will take the cup of salvation, and call upon the name of the LORD.

I will take Ps 116:17 Lu 22:17,18,20 1Co 10:16,21 11:25-27

call Ps 116:2 105:1 Isa 14:2

14 I will pay my vows unto the LORD now in the presence of all his people.

pay my vows Ps 116:18 22:25 56:12 66:13-15 Jon 1:16 2:9 Na 1:15 Mt 5:33

15 Precious in the sight of the LORD is the death of his saints.

precious Ps 37:32,33 72:14 1Sa 25:29 Job 5:26 Lu 16:22 Re 1:18 14:3

16 O LORD, truly I am thy servant; I am thy servant, and the son of thine handmaid: thou hast loosed my bonds.

truly Ps 86:16 119:125 143:12 Joh 12:26 Ac 27:23 Jas 1:1

the son Ps 86:16

thou hast Ps 107:14-16 2Ch 33:11-13 Isa 61:1 Ro 6:22

17 I will offer to thee the sacrifice of thanksgiving, and will call upon the name of the LORD.

the sacrifice Ps 50:14 107:22 Le 7:12 Heb 13:15

call Ps 116:13 Ac 2:42

18 I will pay my vows unto the LORD now in the presence of all his people.

Ps 116:14 22:25 76:11 Ec 5:5

19 In the courts of the LORD's house, in the midst of thee, O Jerusalem. Praise ye the LORD.

Ps 96:8 100:4 118:19,20 122:3,4 135:2 2Ch 6:6