the vows that my lips promised and my mouth spoke in my distress.
Parallel translations
- WEB which my lips promised, and my mouth spoke, when I was in distress.
- KJV Which my lips have uttered, and my mouth hath spoken, when I was in trouble.
- NKJV Which my lips have uttered And my mouth has spoken when I was in trouble.
- NASB Which my lips uttered And my mouth spoke when I was in distress.
- NLT yes, the sacred vows that I made when I was in deep trouble.
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Quick answer
He fulfills the vows his lips spoke when he was in distress. It teaches faithfulness to keep promises made to God in trouble.
Overview
The psalmist honors the vows he uttered during his time of trouble, showing integrity once deliverance came. Promises made to God in distress are to be kept in peace. This faithfulness reflects the steadfastness God Himself shows toward His people in Christ.
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- Judg 11:35–36As soon as Jephthah saw her, he tore his clothes and said, “No! Not my daughter! You have brought me to my knees! You have brought great misery upon me, for I have given my word to the LORD and cannot take it back.”
- 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 18:6In my distress I called upon the LORD; I cried to my God for help. From His temple He heard my voice, and my cry for His help reached His ears.
- 2 Sam 22:7In my distress I called upon the LORD; I cried out to my God. And from His temple He heard my voice, and my cry for help reached His ears.
- Num 30:2If 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.
- Num 30:8But if her husband prohibits her when he hears of it, he nullifies the vow that binds her or the rash promise she has made, and the LORD will absolve her.
- Gen 35:3Then let us arise and go to Bethel. I will build an altar there to God, who answered me in my day of distress. He has been with me wherever I have gone.”
- Num 30:12But if her husband nullifies them on the day he hears of them, then nothing that came from her lips, whether her vows or pledges, shall stand. Her husband has nullified them, and the LORD will absolve her.
- 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,
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