I will lift up 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.
- KJV I will take the cup of salvation, and call upon the name of the LORD.
- 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.
- 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 16:5Yahweh assigned my portion and my cup. You made my lot secure.
- Ps 105:1Give thanks to Yahweh! Call on his name! Make his doings known among the peoples.
- Ps 116:2Because he has turned his ear to me, therefore I will call on him as long as I live.
- Ps 80:18So we will not turn away from you. Revive us, and we will call on your name.
- 1 Cor 10:21You can’t both drink the cup of the Lord and the cup of demons. You can’t both partake of the table of the Lord, and of the table of demons.
- Ps 116:17I will offer to you the sacrifice of thanksgiving, and will call on Yahweh’s name.
- 1 Cor 11:25–27In the same way he also took the cup, after supper, saying, “This cup is the new covenant in my blood. Do this, as often as you drink, in memory of me.”
- Isa 12:4In that day you will say, “Give thanks to Yahweh! Call on his name. Declare his doings among the peoples. Proclaim that his name is exalted!
- 1 Cor 10:16The cup of blessing which we bless, isn’t it a sharing of the blood of Christ? The bread which we break, isn’t it a sharing of the body of Christ?
- Luke 22:20Likewise, he took the cup after supper, saying, “This cup is the new covenant in my blood, which is poured out for you.
- Luke 22:17–18He received a cup, and when he had given thanks, he said, “Take this, and share 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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