New English Translation
Psalms 50:14
14Present to God a thank-offering! Repay your vows to the sovereign One!
Psalms 50:14 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Offer unto God thanksgiving; and pay thy vows unto the most High:
- New International Version (NIV)“Sacrifice thank offerings to God, fulfill your vows to the Most High,
- English Standard Version (ESV)Offer to God a sacrifice of thanksgiving, and perform your vows to the Most High,
- New King James Version (NKJV)Offer to God thanksgiving, And pay your vows to the Most High.
Context of Psalms 50:14
12Even if I were hungry, I would not tell you, for the world and all it contains belong to me. 13Do I eat the flesh of bulls? Do I drink the blood of goats? Present to God a thank-offering! Repay your vows to the sovereign One! 15Pray to me when you are in trouble! I will deliver you, and you will honor me!” 16God says this to the evildoer: “How can you declare my commands, and talk about my covenant?
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זְבַ֣ח לֵאלֹהִ֣ים תּוֹדָ֑ה וְשַׁלֵּ֖ם לְעֶלְי֣וֹן נְדָרֶֽיךָ׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Psalms 50:14
- Psalms 50:23Whoever presents a thank-offering honors me. To whoever obeys my commands, I will reveal my power to deliver.”
- Psalms 69:30I will sing praises to God’s name! I will magnify him as I give him thanks!
- Psalms 107:21Let them give thanks to the Lord for his loyal love, and for the amazing things he has done for people!
- Psalms 147:1Praise the Lord, for it is good to sing praises to our God! Yes, praise is pleasant and appropriate!
- Hosea 14:2Return to the Lord and repent! Say to him: “Completely forgive our iniquity; accept our penitential prayer, that we may offer the praise of our lips as sacrificial bulls.
- 1 Thessalonians 5:18in everything give thanks. For this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.
- Hebrews 13:15Through him then let us continually offer up a sacrifice of praise to God, that is, the fruit of our lips, acknowledging his name.
- 1 Peter 2:5you yourselves, as living stones, are built up as a spiritual house to be a holy priesthood and to offer spiritual sacrifices that are acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.
- Psalms 56:12I am obligated to fulfill the vows I made to you, O God; I will give you the thank-offerings you deserve,
- Psalms 76:11Make vows to the Lord your God and repay them! Let all those who surround him bring tribute to the awesome one!
- Psalms 116:12How can I repay the Lord for all his acts of kindness to me?
- Leviticus 27:2“Speak to the Israelites and tell them, ‘When a man makes a special votive offering based on the conversion value of persons to the Lord,
- Numbers 30:2If a man makes a vow to the Lord or takes an oath of binding obligation on himself, he must not break his word, but must do whatever he has promised.
- Deuteronomy 23:21When you make a vow to the Lord your God you must not delay in fulfilling it, for otherwise he will surely hold you accountable as a sinner.
- Ecclesiastes 5:4When you make a vow to God, do not delay in paying it. For God takes no pleasure in fools: Pay what you vow!
- Nahum 1:15(2:1) Look! A herald is running on the mountains! A messenger is proclaiming deliverance: “Celebrate your sacred festivals, O Judah! Fulfill your sacred vows to praise God! For never again will the wicked Assyrians invade you, they have been completely destroyed.”
Commentaries on Psalms 50:14
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 14Offer unto God thanksgiving; and pay thy vows unto the Most High - זבח zebach, "sacrifice unto God, אלהים Elohim, the תודה todah, thank-offering," which was the same as the sin-offering, viz. a bullock, or a ram, without blemish; only there were, in addition, "unleavened cakes mingled with oil, and unleavened wafers anointed with oil; and cakes of fine flour mingled with oil and fried," Leviticus 7:12. And pay thy vows - נדריך nedareycha, "thy…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 14Offer unto God thanksgiving - The word rendered “offer” in this place - זבח zâbach - means properly “sacrifice.” So it is rendered by the Septuagint, ͂ thuson - and by the Vulgate, “immola.” The word is used, doubtless, with design - to show what was the “kind” of sacrifice with which God would be pleased, and which he would approve. It was not the mere “sacrifice” of animals, as they commonly understood the term; it was not the mere presentation of the…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 7-15Verses 7-15 To obey is better than sacrifice, and to love God and our neighbour better than all burnt-offerings. We are here warned not to rest in these performances. And let us beware of resting in any form. God demands the heart, and how can human inventions please him, when repentance, faith, and holiness are neglected? In the day of distress we must apply to the Lord by fervent prayer. Our troubles, though we see them coming from God's hand, must…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 14Thankfulness involves recognizing and appreciating God's blessings beyond personal gain (see Psalms 51:15–17; 54:6). True sacrifice means dedicating oneself to honor God (Psalm 50:23; Romans 12:1–2).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 8-158-15. However scrupulous in external worship, it was offered as if they conferred an obligation in giving God His own, and with a degrading view of Him as needing it [Psa 50:9-13]. Reproving them for such foolish and blasphemous notions, He teaches them to offer, or literally, "sacrifice," thanksgiving, and pay, or perform, their vows--that is, to bring, with the external symbolical service, the homage of the heart, and faith, penitence, and love. To this…Read the comment
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Commentaries on Psalms 50
- 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
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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