Truly, O LORD, I am Your servant; I am Your servant, the son of Your maidservant; You have broken my bonds.
PSALM 116 David, being delivered out of very great dangers, relates what cruel torment and anguish of mind he endured, and then how remarkably he was preserved by God. The desperate state of matters with him tended to make the power of God in his preservation more conspicuous; for had not God interposed for his deliverance, all hope would have failed.
Commenting on Psalm 116:1-19
The man of God in paying his vows rededicates himself unto God; the offering which he brings is himself, as he cries, O Lord, truly I am thy servant, rightfully, really, heartily, constantly, I own that I am thine, for thou hast delivered and redeemed me.
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