New Living Translation
Psalms 54:6
6I will sacrifice a voluntary offering to you; I will praise your name, O Lord, for 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
4But God is my helper. The Lord keeps me alive! 5May the evil plans of my enemies be turned against them. Do as you promised and put an end to them. I will sacrifice a voluntary offering to you; I will praise your name, O Lord, for it is good. 7For you have rescued me from my troubles and helped me to triumph over 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 66:13Now I come to your Temple with burnt offerings to fulfill the vows I made to you—
- Psalms 107:22Let them offer sacrifices of thanksgiving and sing joyfully about his glorious acts.
- Psalms 116:17I will offer you a sacrifice of thanksgiving and call on the name of the Lord.
- Deuteronomy 12:6There you will bring your burnt offerings, your sacrifices, your tithes, your sacred offerings, your offerings to fulfill a vow, your voluntary offerings, and your offerings of the firstborn animals of your herds and flocks.
- Psalms 7:17I will thank the Lord because he is just; I will sing praise to the name of the Lord Most High.
- Psalms 21:13Rise up, O Lord, in all your power. With music and singing we celebrate your mighty acts.
- Psalms 140:13Surely righteous people are praising your name; the godly will live in your presence.
- Psalms 52:9I will praise you forever, O God, for what you have done. I will trust in your good name in the presence of your faithful people.
- Psalms 92:1It is good to give thanks to the Lord, to sing praises to the Most High.
- Psalms 147:1Praise the Lord! How good to sing praises to our God! How delightful and how fitting!
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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