Commentaries and Other Bible Study Helps - Prayer Tents - Prayer Tents

116:5-7 The Lord Deals Bountifully with His Own. The answer to the urgent prayer leads to reflection on the character of God, namely, that he is gracious, merciful (cf. Ex. 34:6), and righteous (i.e., reliably faithful). The pious should know this already; and yet the experience being celebrated has made these notions all the more real to the believer.