Christian Standard Bible
Psalms 66:14
14that my lips promised and my mouth spoke during my distress.
Psalms 66:14 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Which my lips have uttered, and my mouth hath spoken, when I was in trouble.
- New International Version (NIV)vows my lips promised and my mouth spoke when I was in trouble.
- English Standard Version (ESV)that which my lips uttered and my mouth promised when I was in trouble.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Which my lips have uttered And my mouth has spoken when I was in trouble.
Context of Psalms 66:14
12You let men ride over our heads; we went through fire and water, but you brought us out to abundance. 13I will enter your house with burnt offerings; I will pay you my vows that my lips promised and my mouth spoke during my distress. 15I will offer you fattened sheep as burnt offerings, with the fragrant smoke of rams; I will sacrifice bulls with goats.Selah 16Come and listen, all who fear God, and I will tell what he has done for me.
Read all of Psalms 66Psalms 66:14 word by word
אֲשֶׁר־פָּצ֥וּ שְׂפָתָ֑י וְדִבֶּר־פִּ֝֗י בַּצַּר־לִֽי׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Psalms 66:14
- Judges 11:35When he saw her, he tore his clothes and said, “No! Not my daughter! You have devastated me! You have brought great misery on me. I have given my word to the Lord and cannot take it back.”
- Numbers 30:2When a man makes a vow to the Lord or swears an oath to put himself under an obligation, he must not break his word; he must do whatever he has promised.
- Genesis 28:20Then Jacob made a vow: “If God will be with me and watch over me during this journey I’m making, if he provides me with food to eat and clothing to wear,
- Genesis 35:3We must get up and go to Bethel. I will build an altar there to the God who answered me in my day of distress. He has been with me everywhere I have gone.”
- 1 Samuel 1:11Making a vow, she pleaded, “Lord of Armies, if you will take notice of your servant’s affliction, remember and not forget me, and give your servant a son, I will give him to the Lord all the days of his life, and his hair will never be cut.”
- 2 Samuel 22:7I called to the Lord in my distress; I called to my God. From his temple he heard my voice, and my cry for help reached his ears.
Commentaries on Psalms 66:14
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 14When I was in trouble - This is generally the time when good resolutions are formed, and vows made; but how often are these forgotten when affliction and calamity are removed!Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 14Which my lips have uttered - Margin, “opened.” The Hebrew word, however - פצה pâtsâh - means properly to tear apart; to rend; and then, to open wide, as the mouth, for example - or the throat, - as wild beasts do, Psalm 22:13. Then it means to open the mouth in scorn Lamentations 2:16; Lamentations 3:46; and then, to utter hasty words, Job 35:16. The idea would be expressed by us by the phrases to bolt or blurt out; to utter hastily; or, to utter from…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 13-20Verses 13-20 We should declare unto those that fear God, what he has done for our souls, and how he has heard and answered our prayers, inviting them to join us in prayer and praise; this will turn to our mutual comfort, and to the glory of God. We cannot share these spiritual privileges, if we retain the love of sin in our hearts, though we refrain from the gross practice, Sin, regarded in the heart, will spoil the comfort and success of prayer; for the…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-20This anonymous psalm includes two hymns (Psalm 66:1–12, 13–20) that praise God for saving his people.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 13-1513-15. These full and varied offerings constitute the payment of vows (Le 22:18-23).Read the comment
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Commentaries on Psalms 66
- 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
- EGW Writings
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