Psalms 56:12
Your vows are upon me, O God; I will render thank offerings to You.
BSB
ASV
Thy vows are upon me, O God: I will render thank-offerings unto thee.
KJV
Thy vows are upon me, O God: I will render praises unto thee.
For before the eyes of God the hand is never empty of a gift, if the treasury of the heart has been filled with good will. Hence the Psalmist says: In me, O God, are your vows which I shall pay, praises to you. As if he were saying openly: Even if outwardly I do not have gifts to offer, yet within myself I find what I may place upon the altar of your praise, because you who are not fed by our giving are better pleased by the offering of the heart.
This is part of the performance of his vows; for vows of thankfulness properly accompany prayers for mercy, and when the mercy is received must be made good. When we study what we shall render this is the least we can resolve upon, to render praises to God--poor returns for rich receivings!
Thy vows are upon me, O God. Vows made in his trouble he does not lightly forget, nor should we. We voluntarily made them, let us cheerfully keep them. All professed Christians are men under vows, but especially those who in hours of dire distress have rededicated themselves unto the Lord. I will render praises unto thee. With heart, and voice, and gift, we should cheerfully extol the God of our salvation.
The walk8
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Through
Psalms 50:14Sacrifice a thank offering to God, and fulfill your vows to the Most High.
leads to
Through Jesus, therefore, let us continually offer to God a sacrifice of praise, the fruit of lips that confess His name.
If you make a vow to the LORD your God, do not be slow to keep it, because He will surely require it of you, and you will be guilty of sin.
Let them give thanks to the LORD for His loving devotion and His wonders to the sons of men.
How can I repay the LORD for all His goodness to me?
you also, like living stones, are being built into a spiritual house to be a holy priesthood, offering spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.
Through
Psalms 119:106I have sworn and confirmed that I will keep Your righteous judgments.
leads to
hereby join with their noble brothers and commit themselves with a sworn oath to follow the Law of God given through His servant Moses and to carefully obey all the commandments, ordinances, and statutes…
I will enter Your house with burnt offerings; I will fulfill my vows to You—
And not only did they do as we expected, but they gave themselves first to the Lord and then to us, because it was the will of God.
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