Psalm 116:16 O LORD, truly I am your servant; I am your servant, and the son of your handmaid: you have loosed my bonds. I. THE IMPORT OF THE PSALMIST'S DECLARATION AND PURPOSE. 1. A very humble sense of his distance from, and dependence upon, God as His creature. 2. A confession of it is being bound by particular covenant and consent unto God, and a repetition of the same by a new adherence. 3. An expression of his peculiar and special relation to God. 4. A sense of gratitude for signal mercies. 5. A solemn dedication and surrender of himself to God and His service for the time to come. II. PRACTICAL IMPROVEMENT. 1. Plead with every one the right of his Maker to his service. 2. Warp. such as are living in open and avowed profanity. They are so far from being the servants of God that they are His enemies, his confederated enemies, and the enemies of everything that stands in a visible relation to Him. (J. Witherspoon, D.D.) Parallel Verses KJV: O LORD, truly I am thy servant; I am thy servant, and the son of thine handmaid: thou hast loosed my bonds. |
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