Your vows are upon me, O God; I will render thank offerings to You.
Parallel translations
- WEB Your vows are on me, God. I will give thank offerings to you.
- KJV Thy vows are upon me, O God: I will render praises unto thee.
- NKJV Vows made to You are binding upon me, O God; I will render praises to You,
- NASB Your vows are binding upon me, God; I will render thanksgiving offerings to You.
- NLT I will fulfill my vows to you, O God, and will offer a sacrifice of thanks for your help.
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Quick answer
David acknowledges his vows to God and resolves to bring thank offerings. It expresses grateful commitment in anticipation of deliverance.
Overview
Bound by vows made to God, David pledges to render thank offerings. His worship looks forward, confident that God will answer. The verse models a faith that responds to God's expected faithfulness with gratitude and devotion.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 15
- Ps 9:1–3For the choirmaster. To the tune of “The Death of the Son.” A Psalm of David. I will give thanks to the LORD with all my heart; I will recount all Your wonders.
- 1 Sam 1:24–28Once she had weaned him, Hannah took the boy with her, along with a three-year-old bull, an ephah of flour, and a skin of wine. Though the boy was still young, she brought him to the house of the LORD at Shiloh.
- Ps 50:14Sacrifice a thank offering to God, and fulfill your vows to the Most High.
- Num 30:2–16If a man makes a vow to the LORD or swears an oath to obligate himself by a pledge, he must not break his word; he must do everything he has promised.
- Eccl 5:4–6When you make a vow to God, do not delay in fulfilling it, because He takes no pleasure in fools. Fulfill your vow.
- Ps 76:11Make and fulfill your vows to the LORD your God; let all the neighboring lands bring tribute to Him who is to be feared.
- Ps 119:106I have sworn and confirmed that I will keep Your righteous judgments.
- Gen 35:1–3Then God said to Jacob, “Arise, go up to Bethel, and settle there. Build an altar there to the God who appeared to you when you fled from your brother Esau.”
- Ps 116:14–19I will fulfill my vows to the LORD in the presence of all His people.
- Ps 59:16–17But I will sing of Your strength and proclaim Your loving devotion in the morning. For You are my fortress, my refuge in times of trouble.
- Ps 21:13Be exalted, O LORD, in Your strength; we will sing and praise Your power.
- 1 Sam 1:11And she made a vow, pleading, “O LORD of Hosts, if only You will look upon the affliction of Your maidservant and remember me, not forgetting Your maidservant but giving her a son, then I will dedicate him to the LORD all the days of his life, and no razor shall ever come over his head.”
- Ps 66:13–14I will enter Your house with burnt offerings; I will fulfill my vows to You—
- Gen 28:20–22Then Jacob made a vow, saying, “If God will be with me and watch over me on this journey, and if He will provide me with food to eat and clothes to wear,
- Isa 12:1In that day you will say: “O LORD, I will praise You. Although You were angry with me, Your anger has turned away, and You have comforted me.
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