God’s Word Translation
Psalms 76:11
11Make vows to the Lord your God, and keep them. Let everyone around him bring gifts to the one who must be feared.
Psalms 76:11 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Vow, and pay unto the Lord your God: let all that be round about him bring presents unto him that ought to be feared.
- New International Version (NIV)Make vows to the Lord your God and fulfill them; let all the neighboring lands bring gifts to the One to be feared.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Make your vows to the Lord your God and perform them; let all around him bring gifts to him who is to be feared,
- New King James Version (NKJV)Make vows to the Lord your God, and pay them; Let all who are around Him bring presents to Him who ought to be feared.
Context of Psalms 76:11
9when you rose to judge, O God, when you rose to save every oppressed person on earth. Selah 10Even angry mortals will praise you. You will wear the remainder of ⌞their⌟ anger. Make vows to the Lord your God, and keep them. Let everyone around him bring gifts to the one who must be feared. 12He cuts short the lives of influential people. He terrifies the kings of the earth.
Read all of Psalms 76Psalms 76:11 word by word
נִֽדֲר֣וּ וְשַׁלְּמוּ֮ לַיהוָ֪ה אֱֽלֹהֵ֫יכֶ֥ם כָּל־סְבִיבָ֑יו יוֹבִ֥ילוּ שַׁ֝֗י לַמּוֹרָֽא׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- Vowנָדַרnâdar · to vowH5087
- and payשָׁלֵםshâlam · to completeH7999
- unto the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
- your Godאֱלֹהִים'ĕlôhîym · GodH430
- let all that be round aboutסָבִיבsâbîyb sebîybâh · aroundH5439
- him bringיָבַלyâbal · to conductH2986
- presentsשַׁיshay · giftH7862
- unto him that ought to be fearedמוֹרָאmôrâ' môrâ' môrâh · fearH4172
Cross-references for Psalms 76:11
- Psalms 50:14Bring ⌞your⌟ thanks to God as a sacrifice, and keep your vows to the Most High.
- Psalms 119:106I took an oath, and I will keep it. I took an oath to follow your regulations, which are based on your righteousness.
- Numbers 30:2If a man makes a vow to the Lord that he will do something or swears an oath that he won’t do something, he must not break his word. He must do everything he said he would do.
- Ecclesiastes 5:4When you make a promise to God, don’t be slow to keep it because God doesn’t like fools. Keep your promise.
- Psalms 68:29Kings will bring you gifts because of your temple high above Jerusalem.
- Psalms 89:7God is terrifying in the council of the holy ones. He is greater and more awe-inspiring than those who surround him.
- Deuteronomy 16:16Three times a year all your men must come into the presence of the Lord your God at the place he will choose: at the Festival of Unleavened Bread, the Festival of Weeks, and the Festival of Booths. But no one may come into the presence of the Lord without an offering.
- 2 Chronicles 32:22So the Lord saved Hezekiah and the people living in Jerusalem from King Sennacherib of Assyria and from everyone else. The Lord gave them peace with all their neighbors.
- Genesis 31:42If the God of my father, the God of Abraham and the Fear of Isaac, had not been with me, you would have sent me away empty-handed by now. God has seen my misery and hard work, and last night he made it right.”
Commentaries on Psalms 76:11
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 11Vow, and pay unto the Lord - Bind yourselves to him, and forget not your obligations. Let all that be round about him - All the neighboring nations, who shall see God's judgments against his enemies, should Bring presents unto him - Give him that homage which is due unto him. That ought to be feared - למורא lammora, "to the terrible One;" lest they be consumed as the Assyrians have been.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 11vow, and pay unto the Lord your God - That is, Pay your vows, or sacredly observe them. On the word “vow,” see the notes at Psalm 22:25. Compare Psalm 50:14; Psalm 56:12; Psalm 66:13. The word refers to a voluntary promise made to God. Let all that be round about him - All that worship him, or that profess to honor him. Bring presents - Bring gifts or offerings; things expressive of gratitude and homage. See the notes at Psalm 45:12. Compare Isaiah 16:1…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 7-12Verses 7-12 God's people are the meek of the earth, the quiet in the land, that suffer wrong, but do none. The righteous God seems to keep silence long, yet, sooner or later, he will make judgment to be heard. We live in an angry, provoking world; we often feel much, and are apt to fear more, from the wrath of man. What will not turn to his praise, shall not be suffered to break out. He can set bounds to the wrath of man, as he does to the raging sea…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-12This psalm appears to celebrate a victory. The victory might have been recent, such as over the Assyrians (see note on 76:1; see also Isaiah 37). Or, it might be remembering God's great acts of rescue in the past.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 11-1211-12. Invite homage to such a God (2Ch 32:23), who can stop the breath of kings and princes when He wills (Da 5:23).Read the comment
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Commentaries on Psalms 76
- 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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