How he sware unto the LORD, and vowed unto the mighty God of Jacob;
Parallel translations
- WEB how he swore to Yahweh, and vowed to the Mighty One of Jacob:
- BSB how he swore an oath to the LORD, and vowed to the Mighty One of Jacob:
- NKJV How he swore to the Lord, And vowed to the Mighty One of Jacob:
- NASB How he swore to the Lord And vowed to the Mighty One of Jacob,
- NLT He made a solemn promise to the Lord. He vowed to the Mighty One of Israel,
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Quick answer
It recalls David's solemn vow to the Mighty One of Jacob. It highlights David's wholehearted devotion to securing a dwelling for God.
Overview
The psalm recounts how David swore an oath to the Lord, called the Mighty One of Jacob, concerning a resting place for God's presence. David's zeal for God's house shapes the prayer. This devotion foreshadows Christ, whose zeal for God's house consumed Him.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 13
- Gen 49:24But his bow abode in strength, and the arms of his hands were made strong by the hands of the mighty God of Jacob; (from thence is the shepherd, the stone of Israel:)
- Ps 65:1Praise waiteth for thee, O God, in Sion: and unto thee shall the vow be performed.
- Ps 132:5Until I find out a place for the LORD, an habitation for the mighty God of Jacob.
- Ps 116:14–18I will pay my vows unto the LORD now in the presence of all his people.
- Ps 50:1The mighty God, even the LORD, hath spoken, and called the earth from the rising of the sun unto the going down thereof.
- Ps 119:106I have sworn, and I will perform it, that I will keep thy righteous judgments.
- Isa 60:16Thou shalt also suck the milk of the Gentiles, and shalt suck the breast of kings: and thou shalt know that I the LORD am thy Saviour and thy Redeemer, the mighty One of Jacob.
- Ps 46:11The LORD of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our refuge. Selah.
- Ps 56:12Thy vows are upon me, O God: I will render praises unto thee.
- Ps 146:5–6Happy is he that hath the God of Jacob for his help, whose hope is in the LORD his God:
- 2 Sam 7:1And it came to pass, when the king sat in his house, and the LORD had given him rest round about from all his enemies;
- Isa 49:26And I will feed them that oppress thee with their own flesh; and they shall be drunken with their own blood, as with sweet wine: and all flesh shall know that I the LORD am thy Saviour and thy Redeemer, the mighty One of Jacob.
- Ps 66:13–14I will go into thy house with burnt offerings: I will pay thee my vows,
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