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18I will pay my vows unto the LORD now in the presence of all his people,

Psalms 116:18

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Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  • I will pay my vows unto the LORD now in the presence of all his people.

  • My praise shall be of thee in the great congregation: I will pay my vows before them that fear him.

  • Vow, and pay unto the LORD your God: let all that be round about him bring presents unto him that ought to be feared.

  • Better is it that thou shouldest not vow, than that thou shouldest vow and not pay.

Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 10-19)

The Septuagint and some other ancient versions make these verses a distinct psalm separate from the former; and some have called it the Martyr’s psalm , I suppose for the sake of Ps. 116:15. Three things David here makes confession of:— I. His faith (Ps. 116:10): I believed, therefore have I spoken . This is quoted by the apostle (2 Cor. 4:13) with application to himself and his fellow-ministers,…

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