Thy vows are upon me, O God: I will render praises unto thee.
Parallel translations
- WEB Your vows are on me, God. I will give thank offerings to you.
- BSB Your vows are upon me, O God; I will render thank offerings to You.
- 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 9:1–3I will praise thee, O LORD, with my whole heart; I will shew forth all thy marvellous works.
- 1 Sam 1:24–28And when she had weaned him, she took him up with her, with three bullocks, and one ephah of flour, and a bottle of wine, and brought him unto the house of the LORD in Shiloh: and the child was young.
- Ps 50:14Offer unto God thanksgiving; and pay thy vows unto the most High:
- Num 30:2–16If a man vow a vow unto the LORD, or swear an oath to bind his soul with a bond; he shall not break his word, he shall do according to all that proceedeth out of his mouth.
- Eccl 5:4–6When thou vowest a vow unto God, defer not to pay it; for he hath no pleasure in fools: pay that which thou hast vowed.
- Ps 76:11Vow, and pay unto the LORD your God: let all that be round about him bring presents unto him that ought to be feared.
- Ps 119:106I have sworn, and I will perform it, that I will keep thy righteous judgments.
- Gen 35:1–3And God said unto Jacob, Arise, go up to Bethel, and dwell there: and make there an altar unto God, that appeared unto thee when thou fleddest from the face of Esau thy brother.
- Ps 116:14–19I will pay my vows unto the LORD now in the presence of all his people.
- Ps 59:16–17But I will sing of thy power; yea, I will sing aloud of thy mercy in the morning: for thou hast been my defence and refuge in the day of my trouble.
- Ps 21:13Be thou exalted, LORD, in thine own strength: so will we sing and praise thy power.
- 1 Sam 1:11And she vowed a vow, and said, O LORD of hosts, if thou wilt indeed look on the affliction of thine handmaid, and remember me, and not forget thine handmaid, but wilt give unto thine handmaid a man child, then I will give him unto the LORD all the days of his life, and there shall no razor come upon his head.
- Ps 66:13–14I will go into thy house with burnt offerings: I will pay thee my vows,
- Gen 28:20–22And Jacob vowed a vow, saying, If God will be with me, and will keep me in this way that I go, and will give me bread to eat, and raiment to put on,
- Isa 12:1And in that day thou shalt say, O LORD, I will praise thee: though thou wast angry with me, thine anger is turned away, and thou comfortedst me.
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