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Psalms 116:12
12The Lord has done many kind things to help me. What can I give back to him?
Psalms 116:12 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)What shall I render unto the Lord for all his benefits toward me?
- New International Version (NIV)What shall I return to the Lord for all his goodness to me?
- English Standard Version (ESV)What shall I render to the Lord for all his benefits to me?
- New King James Version (NKJV)What shall I render to the Lord For all His benefits toward me?
Context of Psalms 116:12
10I trusted in the Lord even when I said, ‘I have much pain.’ 11I was confused and I said, ‘Everybody tells lies.’ The Lord has done many kind things to help me. What can I give back to him? 13I will offer a cup of wine to the Lord, to thank him because he saved me! I will worship him. 14I will give to the Lord everything that I have promised. I will do that when all his people meet together.
Read all of Psalms 116Psalms 116:12 word by word
מָֽה־אָשִׁ֥יב לַיהוָ֑ה כָּֽל־תַּגְמוּל֥וֹהִי עָלָֽי׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Psalms 116:12
- Psalms 51:12Give me joy again, because you have made me safe. Make me strong and ready to obey you.
- Psalms 103:2I say to myself, ‘Praise the Lord!’ Never forget all the good things that he has done for you!
- Isaiah 6:5Then I said, ‘It is bad for me! My life is at an end! I have lips that are unclean. I live among people with lips that are unclean. With my own eyes I have seen the King, the Lord Almighty.’
- Romans 12:1My Christian friends, God has been very kind to us. Because of that, I really want you to serve God with your whole life. Offer your bodies to him like a sacrifice that continues to live. Serve him with everything that you have and that will please him. That is the true way to worship God.
- 1 Corinthians 6:20God bought you for himself. He paid the price for you. So use your body to show how great God is.
- 2 Corinthians 5:14Whatever we do, we do it because Christ loves us. We know that one man, Christ, died on behalf of all people. So we also know that all of us died with him.
Commentaries on Psalms 116:12
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 12What shall I render - אשיב מה mah ashib, "What shall I return?" For his benefits - תגמולוהי tagmulohi, "His retributions," the returns he had made to my prayers and faith.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 12What shall I render unto the Lord for all his benefits toward me? - All his “recompences,” - the same word which in Psalm 116:7 is rendered “hath dealt bountifully.” The question here has reference to that. What return can be equal to his bounties; what will be a proper acknowledgment of them; with what can I repay him for them all? The question is a natural and a proper question. It is one which we naturally ask when we have received a favor from our…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 10-19Verses 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 humbled for our distrust of God's word, we shall experience his faithfulness to it. What can the pardoned sinner, or what can those who have been delivered from trouble or distress, render to the Lord for his benefits? We cannot in any way profit him. Our…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 12-14The Lord’s gracious gifts are so great that the psalmist can do nothing to repay his debt. Keeping his promises publicly demonstrates his gratitude. All he has done for the psalmist includes answers to prayer, rescue, and life. The cup of salvation overflows with God’s blessings (Psalm 23:5), unlike the cup of judgment (75:8). The psalmist makes vows (Psalm 116:18) to praise the Lord publicly (116:17–18).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 12-1412-14. These are modes of expressing acts of worship (compare Psa 116:4; Psa 50:14; Jon 2:9).Read the comment
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Commentaries on Psalms 116
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- The Treasury of David
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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