So will I sing praise unto thy name for ever, that I may daily perform my vows.
Parallel translations
- WEB So I will sing praise to your name forever, that I may fulfill my vows daily.
- BSB Then I will ever sing praise to Your name and fulfill my vows day by day.
- NKJV So I will sing praise to Your name forever, That I may daily perform my vows.
- NASB So I will sing praise to Your name forever, That I may pay my vows day by day.
- NLT Then I will sing praises to your name forever as I fulfill my vows each day.
Scripture taken from the New King James Version®. Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
Scripture quotations taken from the (NASB®) New American Standard Bible®, Copyright © 1960, 1971, 1977, 1995, 2020 by The Lockman Foundation. Used by permission. All rights reserved. lockman.org
Scripture quotations are taken from the Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2015 by Tyndale House Foundation. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers, Carol Stream, Illinois 60188. All rights reserved.
Quick answer
David vows to sing God's praise forever and faithfully fulfill his vows daily. The psalm ends in a commitment to lifelong worship.
Overview
In response to God's faithfulness, David pledges perpetual praise and daily faithfulness to his promises. Worship and obedience flow together as the fitting answer to God's grace. This enduring devotion models the life of gratitude that befits all who have received God's mercy in Christ.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 7
- Ps 65:1Praise waiteth for thee, O God, in Sion: and unto thee shall the vow be performed.
- Ps 145:1–2I will extol thee, my God, O king; and I will bless thy name for ever and ever.
- Ps 79:13So we thy people and sheep of thy pasture will give thee thanks for ever: we will shew forth thy praise to all generations.
- Ps 66:13–16I will go into thy house with burnt offerings: I will pay thee my vows,
- Ps 71:22I will also praise thee with the psaltery, even thy truth, O my God: unto thee will I sing with the harp, O thou Holy One of Israel.
- Ps 146:2While I live will I praise the LORD: I will sing praises unto my God while I have any being.
- Ps 30:12To the end that my glory may sing praise to thee, and not be silent. O LORD my God, I will give thanks unto thee for ever.
Themes, concepts, people & topics
Resources, by level
Commentaries & study tools
Free animated overview and word-study videos for this book.
Sermons and teaching on this passage from across YouTube.
Clear, readable, conservative exposition — the best free place to start on any passage.
Matthew Henry, Barnes, Gill, the Pulpit Commentary, Ellicott, Cambridge, and more — stacked on one page for this exact verse.
The beloved Puritan exposition of this whole book — warm, devotional, and verse by verse (free, CCEL).
Hebrew/Greek interlinear, word definitions, and cross-references for this verse.
Christ at the center
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.
How Psalms 61:8 points to him is part of the one story that runs through all Scripture — meet Jesus at the heart of the web, or follow a trail that traces him from Genesis to Revelation.
Original language
Each word below is tagged with its Strong’s number — tap one to see the underlying Hebrew word, its meaning, and every verse that uses it.