which my lips promised, and my mouth spoke, when I was in distress.
Parallel translations
- KJV Which my lips have uttered, and my mouth hath spoken, when I was in trouble.
- BSB the vows that my lips promised and my mouth spoke in my distress.
- 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 11:35–36When he saw her, he tore his clothes, and said, “Alas, my daughter! You have brought me very low, and you are one of those who trouble me; for I have opened my mouth to Yahweh, and I can’t go back.”
- 1 Sam 1:11She vowed a vow, and said, “Yahweh of Armies, if you will indeed look at the affliction of your servant, and remember me, and not forget your servant, but will give to your servant a boy, then I will give him to Yahweh all the days of his life, and no razor shall come on his head.”
- Ps 18:6In my distress I called on Yahweh, and cried to my God. He heard my voice out of his temple. My cry before him came into his ears.
- 2 Sam 22:7In my distress, I called on Yahweh. Yes, I called to my God. He heard my voice out of his temple. My cry came into his ears.
- Num 30:2When a man vows a vow to Yahweh, or swears an oath to bind his soul with a bond, he shall not break his word. He shall do according to all that proceeds out of his mouth.
- Num 30:8But if her husband forbids her in the day that he hears it, then he shall make void her vow which is on her, and the rash utterance of her lips, with which she has bound her soul. Yahweh will forgive her.
- Gen 35:3Let us arise, and go up to Bethel. I will make there an altar to God, who answered me in the day of my distress, and was with me on the way which I went.”
- Num 30:12But if her husband made them null and void in the day that he heard them, then whatever proceeded out of her lips concerning her vows, or concerning the bond of her soul, shall not stand. Her husband has made them void. Yahweh will forgive her.
- Gen 28:20–22Jacob 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 clothing to put on,
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