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11Vow{H8798)}, and pay{H8761)} unto the LORD your God: let all that be round about him bring{H8686)} presents unto him that ought to be feared.
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
When thou vowest a vow unto God, defer not to pay it; for he hath no pleasure in fools: pay that which thou hast vowed. …
Offer unto God thanksgiving; and pay thy vows unto the most High:
Because of thy temple at Jerusalem shall kings bring presents unto thee.
God is greatly to be feared in the assembly of the saints, and to be had in reverence of all them that are about him.
Except the God of my father, the God of Abraham, and the fear of Isaac, had been with me, surely thou hadst sent me away now empty. God hath seen mine affliction and the labour of my hands, and rebuked thee yesternight.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 7-12)This glorious victory with which God had graced and blessed his church is here made to speak three things:— I. Terror to God’s enemies (Ps. 76:7-9): “ Thou, even thou, art to be feared ; thy majesty is to be reverenced, thy sovereignty to be submitted to, and thy justice to be dreaded by those that have offended thee.” Let all the world learn by this event to stand in awe of the great God. 1. Let…
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