I will take the cup of salvation, and call upon the name of the LORD.
Parallel translations
- WEB I will take the cup of salvation, and call on Yahweh’s name.
- BSB I will lift the cup of salvation and call on the name of the LORD.
- NKJV I will take up the cup of salvation, And call upon the name of the Lord.
- NASB I will lift up the cup of salvation, And call upon the name of the Lord.
- NLT I will lift up the cup of salvation and praise the Lord’s name for saving me.
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Quick answer
He will take the cup of salvation and call on the Lord's name. It matters because the proper response to deliverance is grateful worship and continued prayer.
Overview
The 'cup of salvation' likely refers to a thank offering celebrating God's rescue. Rather than repaying God, the psalmist receives and proclaims his salvation. Many see here a foreshadowing of the cup of the Lord's Supper, where believers give thanks for the salvation accomplished by Christ's blood.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 11
- Ps 16:5The LORD is the portion of mine inheritance and of my cup: thou maintainest my lot.
- Ps 105:1O give thanks unto the LORD; call upon his name: make known his deeds among the people.
- Ps 116:2Because he hath inclined his ear unto me, therefore will I call upon him as long as I live.
- Ps 80:18So will not we go back from thee: quicken us, and we will call upon thy name.
- 1 Cor 10:21Ye cannot drink the cup of the Lord, and the cup of devils: ye cannot be partakers of the Lord’s table, and of the table of devils.
- Ps 116:17I will offer to thee the sacrifice of thanksgiving, and will call upon the name of the LORD.
- 1 Cor 11:25–27After the same manner also he took the cup, when he had supped, saying, This cup is the new testament in my blood: this do ye, as oft as ye drink it, in remembrance of me.
- Isa 12:4And in that day shall ye say, Praise the LORD, call upon his name, declare his doings among the people, make mention that his name is exalted.
- 1 Cor 10:16The cup of blessing which we bless, is it not the communion of the blood of Christ? The bread which we break, is it not the communion of the body of Christ?
- Luke 22:20Likewise also the cup after supper, saying, This cup is the new testament in my blood, which is shed for you.
- Luke 22:17–18And he took the cup, and gave thanks, and said, Take this, and divide it among yourselves:
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The Psalms are Christ's own prayer book and a gallery of his portraits — the suffering one of Psalm 22, the risen Lord of Psalm 16, the priest-king of Psalm 110, the Son to whom the nations are given.
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