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