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Psalms 54:6
6I will sacrifice a freewill offering to you. I will praise your name, Lord, because it is good.
Psalms 54:6 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)I will freely sacrifice unto thee: I will praise thy name, O Lord; for it is good.
- New International Version (NIV)I will sacrifice a freewill offering to you; I will praise your name, Lord, for it is good.
- English Standard Version (ESV)With a freewill offering I will sacrifice to you; I will give thanks to your name, O Lord, for it is good.
- New King James Version (NKJV)I will freely sacrifice to You; I will praise Your name, O Lord, for it is good.
Context of Psalms 54:6
4God is my helper; the Lord is the sustainer of my life. 5He will repay my adversaries for their evil. Because of your faithfulness, annihilate them. I will sacrifice a freewill offering to you. I will praise your name, Lord, because it is good. 7For he has rescued me from every trouble, and my eye has looked down on my enemies.
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בִּנְדָבָ֥ה אֶזְבְּחָה־לָּ֑ךְ א֤וֹדֶה שִּׁמְךָ֖ יְהוָ֣ה כִּי־טֽוֹב׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Psalms 54:6
- Psalms 66:13I will enter your house with burnt offerings; I will pay you my vows
- Psalms 107:22Let them offer thanksgiving sacrifices and announce his works with shouts of joy.
- Psalms 116:17I will offer you a thanksgiving sacrifice and call on the name of the Lord.
- Deuteronomy 12:6You are to bring there your burnt offerings and sacrifices, your tenths and personal contributions, your vow offerings and freewill offerings, and the firstborn of your herds and flocks.
- Psalms 7:17I will thank the Lord for his righteousness; I will sing about the name of the Lord Most High.
- Psalms 21:13Be exalted, Lord, in your strength; we will sing and praise your might.
- Psalms 140:13Surely the righteous will praise your name; the upright will live in your presence.
- Psalms 52:9I will praise you forever for what you have done. In the presence of your faithful people, I will put my hope in your name, for it is good.
- Psalms 92:1It is good to give thanks to the Lord, to sing praise to your name, Most High,
- Psalms 147:1Hallelujah! How good it is to sing to our God, for praise is pleasant and lovely.
Commentaries on Psalms 54:6
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 6I will freely sacrifice unto thee - Or, I will sacrifice nobly unto thee. Not only with a willing mind, but with a liberal hand will I bring sacrifice unto thee. For it is good - Thy name is good; it is descriptive of thy nature; full of goodness and mercy to man. And it is good to be employed in such a work: whoever worships thee in sincerity is sure to be a gainer. To him who orders his conversation aright, thou dost show thy salvation.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 6I will freely sacrifice unto thee - The Hebrew words rendered “freely,” mean with “willingness, voluntariness, spontaneousness.” The idea is, that he would do it of a free or willing mind; without constraint or compulsion; voluntarily. The reference is to a free-will or voluntary offering, as distinguished from one, that was prescribed by law. See Exodus 35:29; Exodus 36:3; Leviticus 7:16; Leviticus 22:18; Numbers 15:3; Numbers 29:39. The idea is, that as…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 4-7Verses 4-7 Behold, God is mine Helper. If we are for him, he is for us; and if he is for us, we need not fear. Every creature is that to us, and no more, which God makes it to be. The Lord will in due time save his people, and in the mean time he sustains them, and bears them up, so that the spirit he has made shall not fail. There is truth in God's threatenings, as well as in his promises; sinners that repent not, will find it so to their cost. David's…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 6A voluntary offering is a sacrifice of praise. Sacrifices of praise are the kind of offering God most desires (see Psalm 50:14–15, 23).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 66. I will freely, &c.--or, present a freewill offering (Le 7:16; Nu 15:3).Read the comment
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Commentaries on Psalms 54
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- The Treasury of David
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
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