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Myles Coverdale Bible

Psalms 56:12

Vnto the (o God) wil I paye my vowes, vnto ye wil I geue thakes & prayse.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Afflictions and Adversities;   Decision;   Praise;   Thankfulness;   Vows;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Death, Natural;  

Dictionaries:

- Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Vow;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Psalms;   Sin;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - God;   Psalms the book of;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Jonath Elem Rehokim;   Psalms, Book of;   Song;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
I am obligated by vows to you, God;I will make my thank offerings to you.
Hebrew Names Version
Your vows are on me, God. I will give thank offerings to you.
King James Version
Thy vows are upon me, O God: I will render praises unto thee.
English Standard Version
I must perform my vows to you, O God; I will render thank offerings to you.
New Century Version
God, I must keep my promises to you. I will give you my offerings to thank you,
New English Translation
I am obligated to fulfill the vows I made to you, O God; I will give you the thank-offerings you deserve,
Amplified Bible
Your vows are binding upon me, O God; I will give thank offerings to You.
New American Standard Bible
Your vows are binding upon me, God; I will render thanksgiving offerings to You.
World English Bible
Your vows are on me, God. I will give thank offerings to you.
Geneva Bible (1587)
Thy vowes are vpon me, O God: I will render prayses vnto thee.
Legacy Standard Bible
Your vows are binding upon me, O God;I will fulfill thank offerings to You.
Berean Standard Bible
Your vows are upon me, O God; I will render thank offerings to You.
Contemporary English Version
I will keep my promises to you, my God, and bring you gifts.
Complete Jewish Bible
in God I trust; I have no fear; what can mere humans do to me?
Darby Translation
Thy vows are upon me, O God: I will render thanks unto thee.
Easy-to-Read Version
God, I will keep the special promises I made to you. I will give you my thank offering.
George Lamsa Translation
To thee shall I perform my vows, O God; I will offer them to thee with thank offering.
Good News Translation
O God, I will offer you what I have promised; I will give you my offering of thanksgiving,
Lexham English Bible
My vows to you, O God, are binding upon me. I will pay thank offerings to you,
Literal Translation
On me, O God, are Your vows; I will render to You thank offerings.
American Standard Version
Thy vows are upon me, O God: I will render thank-offerings unto thee.
Bible in Basic English
I keep the memory of my debt to you, O God; I will give you the offerings of praise.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
In God do I trust, I will not be afraid; what can man do unto me?
King James Version (1611)
Thy vowes are vpon me, O God: I will render praises vnto thee.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
O Lorde, thy vowes be vpon me: vnto thee wyll I geue thankes & praise.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
The vows of thy praise, O God, which I will pay, are upon me.
English Revised Version
Thy vows are upon me, O God: I will render thank offerings unto thee.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
God, thin auowis ben in me; whiche Y schal yelde heriyngis to thee.
Update Bible Version
Your vows are on me, O God: I will render thank-offerings to you.
Webster's Bible Translation
Thy vows [are] upon me, O God: I will render praises to thee.
New King James Version
Vows made to You are binding upon me, O God; I will render praises to You,
New Living Translation
I will fulfill my vows to you, O God, and will offer a sacrifice of thanks for your help.
New Life Bible
I am under an agreement with You, O God. I will give You gifts of thanks.
New Revised Standard
My vows to you I must perform, O God; I will render thank offerings to you.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Upon me, O God, are thy vows, I will pay back praises unto thee.
Douay-Rheims Bible
(55-12) In me, O God, are vows to thee, which I will pay, praises to thee:
Revised Standard Version
My vows to thee I must perform, O God; I will render thank offerings to thee.
Young's Literal Translation
On me, O God, [are] Thy vows, I repay thank-offerings to Thee.
THE MESSAGE
God, you did everything you promised, and I'm thanking you with all my heart. You pulled me from the brink of death, my feet from the cliff-edge of doom. Now I stroll at leisure with God in the sunlit fields of life.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
Your vows are binding upon me, O God; I will render thank offerings to You.

Contextual Overview

8 Thou tellest my flittinges, thou puttest my teares in thy botell, and nombrest them. 9 When so euer I call vpon the, myne enemies are put to flight: wherby I knowe, that thou art my God. 10 In Gods worde wil I reioyse, in the LORDES worde wil I comforte me. 11 Yee in God do I trust, & am not afraied: what ca man the do vnto me? 12 Vnto the (o God) wil I paye my vowes, vnto ye wil I geue thakes & prayse. 13 For thou hast delyuered my soule fro death, & my fete fro fallinge, yt I maye walke before God in ye light of ye lyuynge.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Thy: Psalms 66:13, Psalms 66:14, Psalms 76:11, Psalms 116:14-19, Psalms 119:106, Genesis 28:20-22, Genesis 35:1-3, Numbers 30:2-16, 1 Samuel 1:11, 1 Samuel 1:24-28, Ecclesiastes 5:4-6

I will: Psalms 9:1-3, Psalms 21:13, Psalms 59:16, Psalms 59:17, Isaiah 12:1

Reciprocal: Leviticus 22:18 - vows Numbers 21:2 - vowed Numbers 30:6 - she vowed Deuteronomy 23:21 - General 2 Samuel 15:8 - thy servant Job 22:27 - pay thy Psalms 22:25 - I will Psalms 50:14 - pay Psalms 61:5 - hast heard Psalms 65:1 - unto Psalms 132:2 - he sware Hebrews 13:6 - I will

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Thy vows [are] upon me, O God,.... Which he had made to him in the time of his distress and trouble, and which he looked upon himself under obligation to perform; they were debts upon him he ought to pay off; they were with him; they were fresh in his mind and memory; he had not forgot them, which is often the case when trouble is over; and he found his heart inclined to make them good;

I will render praises unto thee; which explains what he meant by his vows; namely, sacrifices of praise and thanksgiving to the Lord: when he was in distress, he had vowed and promised, that, if the Lord would deliver him, he would praise his name, and give him all the glory; and now he resolves to fulfil what he had promised.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Thy vows are upon me, O God - The word “vow” means something promised; some obligation under which we have voluntarily brought ourselves. It differs from duty, or obligation in general, since that is the result of the divine command, while this is an obligation arising from the fact that we have “voluntarily” taken it upon ourselves. The extent of this obligation, therefore, is measured by the nature of the promise or vow which we have made; and God will hold us responsible for carrying out our vows. Such voluntary obligations or vows were allowable, as an expression of thanksgiving, or as a means of exciting to a more strict religious service, under the Mosaic dispensation Genesis 28:20; Numbers 6:2; Numbers 30:2-3; Deuteronomy 23:21; 1 Samuel 1:11; and they cannot be wrong under any dispensation. They are not of the nature of “merit,” or works of supererogation, but they are

(a) a “means” of bringing the obligations of religion to bear upon us more decidedly, and

(b) a proper expression of gratitude.

Such vows are those which all persons take upon themselves when they make a profession of religion; and when such a profession of religion is made, it should be a constant reflection on our part, that “the vows of God are upon us,” or that we have voluntarily consecrated all that we have to God. David had made such a vow

(a) in his general purpose to lead a religious life;

(b) very probably in some specific act or promise that he would devote himself to God if he would deliver him, or as an expression of his gratitude for deliverance. Compare the notes at Acts 18:18; notes at Acts 21:23-24.

I will render praises unto thee - literally, “I will recompense praises unto thee;” that is, I will “pay” what I have vowed, or I will faithfully perform my vows.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Psalms 56:12. Thy vows are upon me — I have promised in the most solemn manner to be thy servant; to give my whole life to thee; and to offer for my preservation sacrifices of praise and thanksgiving.

Reader, what hast thou vowed to God? To renounce the devil and all his works, the pomps and vanities of this wicked world, and all the sinful desires of the flesh; to keep God's holy word and commandment, and to walk before him all the days of thy life. These things hast thou vowed; and these vows are upon thee. Wilt thou pay them?


 
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