Charles H. Spurgeon on Psalms 116:9

The effect of deliverance upon ourselves: "I will walk, " etc.

1. Walk by faith in him.

2. Walk in love with him.

3. Walk by obedience to him. G. R.

Verses 10-11.

1. The rule: "I believed, "etc. In general the Psalmist spoke what he had well considered and tested by his own experience, as when he said, "I was brought low and he helped me." "The Lord hath dealt bountifully with me."

2. The exception; "I was greatly afflicted, I said, "etc. (a) He spoke wrongfully: he said "All men are liars, " which had some truth in it, but was not the whole truth. (b) Hastily: "I said in my haste, "without due reflection. (c) Angrily, under the influence of affliction, probably from the unfaithfulness of others. Nature acts before grace —the one by instinct, the other from consideration. G. R.