Psalms 116:17

17 I will offer to you a sacrifice of thanksgiving, and proclaim the name of Yahweh.

Psalms 116:17 Meaning and Commentary

Psalms 116:17

I will offer to thee the sacrifice of thanksgiving
For deliverance from afflictions and death; for loosing his bonds, in every sense; for all mercies, temporal and spiritual; see ( Romans 6:17 ) ; Such sacrifices are according to the will of God; are well pleasing to him, when offered up through Christ, and in faith, and are a glorifying of him. These are more acceptable than all ceremonial sacrifices; and therefore the psalmist determined to offer this, and not them;

and will call upon the name of the Lord; (See Gill on Psalms 116:13).

Psalms 116:17 In-Context

15 Costly {in Yahweh's view} [is] the death of his faithful [ones].

16 Ah, Yahweh, I [am] indeed your servant; I am your servant, the child of your maidservant. You have loosed my bonds.

17 I will offer to you a sacrifice of thanksgiving, and proclaim the name of Yahweh.

18 I will pay my vows [made] to Yahweh in the presence of all his people,

19 in the courts of the house of Yahweh, in the midst of you, O Jerusalem. Praise Yah!