Psalm 76:11
New International Version
Make vows to the LORD your God and fulfill them; let all the neighboring lands bring gifts to the One to be feared.

New Living Translation
Make vows to the LORD your God, and keep them. Let everyone bring tribute to the Awesome One.

English Standard Version
Make your vows to the LORD your God and perform them; let all around him bring gifts to him who is to be feared,

Berean Standard Bible
Make and fulfill your vows to the LORD your God; let all the neighboring lands bring tribute to Him who is to be feared.

King James Bible
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 King James Version
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.

New American Standard Bible
Make vows to the LORD your God and fulfill them; All who are around Him are to bring gifts to Him who is to be feared.

NASB 1995
Make vows to the LORD your God and fulfill them; Let all who are around Him bring gifts to Him who is to be feared.

NASB 1977
Make vows to the LORD your God and fulfill them; Let all who are around Him bring gifts to Him who is to be feared.

Legacy Standard Bible
Make vows to Yahweh your God and pay them; Let all who are around Him bring gifts to the Fearsome One.

Amplified Bible
Make vows to the LORD your God and fulfill them; Let all who are around Him bring gifts to Him who is to be feared [with awe-inspired reverence].

Christian Standard Bible
Make and keep your vows to the LORD your God; let all who are around him bring tribute to the awe-inspiring one.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Make and keep your vows to the LORD your God; let all who are around Him bring tribute to the awe-inspiring One.

American Standard Version
Vow, and pay unto Jehovah your God: Let all that are round about him bring presents unto him that ought to be feared.

Contemporary English Version
Everyone, make your promises to the LORD your God and do what you promise. The LORD is fearsome, and all his servants should bring him gifts.

English Revised Version
Vow, and pay unto the LORD your God: let all that be round about him bring presents unto him that ought to be feared.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Make vows to the LORD your God, and keep them. Let everyone around him bring gifts to the one who must be feared.

Good News Translation
Give the LORD your God what you promised him; bring gifts to him, all you nearby nations. God makes everyone fear him;

International Standard Version
Let everyone who surrounds the LORD your God make a vow and fulfill it to the Awesome One.

Majority Standard Bible
Make and fulfill your vows to the LORD your God; let all the neighboring lands bring tribute to Him who is to be feared.

NET Bible
Make vows to the LORD your God and repay them! Let all those who surround him bring tribute to the awesome one!

New Heart English Bible
Make vows to the LORD your God, and fulfill them. Let all of his neighbors bring presents to him who is to be feared.

Webster's Bible Translation
Vow, and pay to the LORD your God: let all that are about him bring presents to him that ought to be feared.

World English Bible
Make vows to Yahweh your God, and fulfill them! Let all of his neighbors bring presents to him who is to be feared.
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
Vow and complete to your God YHWH, "" All you surrounding Him, "" They bring presents to the Fearful One.

Young's Literal Translation
Vow and complete to Jehovah your God, All ye surrounding him. They bring presents to the Fearful One.

Smith's Literal Translation
Vow, ye, and repay to Jehovah your God: all being round about him shall bring a gift for fear.
Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
Vow ye, and pay to the Lord your God: all you that are round about him bring presents. To him that is terrible,

Catholic Public Domain Version
Make vows and pay them to the Lord, your God. All you who surround him bring gifts: to him who is terrible,

New American Bible
Make and keep vows to the LORD your God. May all around him bring gifts to the one to be feared,

New Revised Standard Version
Make vows to the LORD your God, and perform them; let all who are around him bring gifts to the one who is awesome,
Translations from Aramaic
Lamsa Bible
Vow and fulfil thy vows to the LORD thy God; let all that be round about him bring presents to him who is to be revered.

Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
Vow and fulfill to LORD JEHOVAH your God; all around him shall bring offerings to The Awesome One.
OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
Vow, and pay unto the LORD your God; Let all that are round about Him bring presents unto Him that is to be feared;

Brenton Septuagint Translation
Vow, and pay your vows to the Lord our God; all that are round about him shall bring gifts, even to him that is terrible,

Additional Translations ...
Audio Bible



Context
God's Name is Great in Israel
10Even the wrath of man shall praise You; with the survivors of wrath You will clothe Yourself. 11Make and fulfill your vows to the LORD your God; let all the neighboring lands bring tribute to Him who is to be feared. 12He breaks the spirits of princes; He is feared by the kings of the earth.…

Cross References
Ecclesiastes 5:4-5
When you make a vow to God, do not delay in fulfilling it, because He takes no pleasure in fools. Fulfill your vow. / It is better not to vow than to make a vow and not fulfill it.

Nahum 1:15
Look to the mountains—the feet of one who brings good news, who proclaims peace! Celebrate your feasts, O Judah; fulfill your vows. For the wicked will never again march through you; they will be utterly cut off.

Isaiah 19:21
The LORD will make Himself known to Egypt, and on that day Egypt will acknowledge the LORD. They will worship with sacrifices and offerings; they will make vows to the LORD and fulfill them.

Deuteronomy 23:21-23
If you make a vow to the LORD your God, do not be slow to keep it, because He will surely require it of you, and you will be guilty of sin. / But if you refrain from making a vow, you will not be guilty of sin. / Be careful to follow through on what comes from your lips, because you have freely vowed to the LORD your God with your own mouth.

Matthew 5:33-37
Again, you have heard that it was said to the ancients, ‘Do not break your oath, but fulfill your vows to the Lord.’ / But I tell you not to swear at all: either by heaven, for it is God’s throne; / or by the earth, for it is His footstool; or by Jerusalem, for it is the city of the great King. ...

Numbers 30:1-2
Then Moses said to the heads of the tribes of Israel, “This is what the LORD has commanded: / If a man makes a vow to the LORD or swears an oath to obligate himself by a pledge, he must not break his word; he must do everything he has promised.

Psalm 50:14
Sacrifice a thank offering to God, and fulfill your vows to the Most High.

Jonah 2:9
But I, with the voice of thanksgiving, will sacrifice to You. I will fulfill what I have vowed. Salvation is from the LORD!”

Malachi 1:14
“But cursed is the deceiver who has an acceptable male in his flock and vows to give it, but sacrifices a defective animal to the Lord. For I am a great King,” says the LORD of Hosts, “and My name is to be feared among the nations.

Matthew 23:16-22
Woe to you, blind guides! You say, ‘If anyone swears by the temple, it means nothing; but if anyone swears by the gold of the temple, he is bound by his oath.’ / You blind fools! Which is greater: the gold, or the temple that makes it sacred? / And you say, ‘If anyone swears by the altar, it means nothing; but if anyone swears by the gift on it, he is bound by his oath.’ ...

James 5:12
Above all, my brothers, do not swear, not by heaven or earth or by any other oath. Simply let your “Yes” be yes, and your “No,” no, so that you will not fall under judgment.

2 Corinthians 9:7
Each one should give what he has decided in his heart to give, not out of regret or compulsion. For God loves a cheerful giver.

Romans 12:1
Therefore I urge you, brothers, on account of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as living sacrifices, holy and pleasing to God, which is your spiritual service of worship.

Hebrews 13:15-16
Through Jesus, therefore, let us continually offer to God a sacrifice of praise, the fruit of lips that confess His name. / And do not neglect to do good and to share with others, for with such sacrifices God is pleased.

1 Samuel 1:11
And she made a vow, saying, “O LORD of Hosts, if only You will look upon the affliction of Your maidservant and remember me, not forgetting Your maidservant but giving her a son, then I will dedicate him to the LORD all the days of his life, and no razor shall ever touch his head.”


Treasury of Scripture

Vow, and pay to the LORD your God: let all that be round about him bring presents to him that ought to be feared.

vow

Psalm 50:14
Offer unto God thanksgiving; and pay thy vows unto the most High:

Psalm 119:106
I have sworn, and I will perform it, that I will keep thy righteous judgments.

Numbers 30:2
If a man vow a vow unto the LORD, or swear an oath to bind his soul with a bond; he shall not break his word, he shall do according to all that proceedeth out of his mouth.

let all

Psalm 68:29
Because of thy temple at Jerusalem shall kings bring presents unto thee.

Psalm 89:7
God is greatly to be feared in the assembly of the saints, and to be had in reverence of all them that are about him.

Deuteronomy 16:16
Three times in a year shall all thy males appear before the LORD thy God in the place which he shall choose; in the feast of unleavened bread, and in the feast of weeks, and in the feast of tabernacles: and they shall not appear before the LORD empty:

unto him.

Genesis 31:42
Except the God of my father, the God of Abraham, and the fear of Isaac, had been with me, surely thou hadst sent me away now empty. God hath seen mine affliction and the labour of my hands, and rebuked thee yesternight.

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Psalm 76
1. A declaration of God's majesty in the church
11. An exhortation to serve him reverently.














Make and fulfill your vows to the LORD your God;
In ancient Israel, making vows to God was a serious commitment, often made in times of distress or as an expression of gratitude. The emphasis on fulfilling vows underscores the importance of integrity and faithfulness in one's relationship with God. This reflects the covenantal relationship between God and His people, where obedience and faithfulness are paramount. The call to make and fulfill vows is a reminder of the Israelites' covenant obligations, as seen in Deuteronomy 23:21-23, where vows are not to be delayed or neglected. This phrase also echoes the wisdom literature, such as Ecclesiastes 5:4-5, which warns against making rash vows. In a broader sense, it points to the ultimate fulfillment of vows in Christ, who perfectly fulfilled the law and the prophets.

let all the neighboring lands bring tribute to Him
This phrase reflects the historical context of Israel as a nation surrounded by other peoples and kingdoms. Tribute was a common practice in the ancient Near East, where vassal states would bring gifts or payments to a dominant power as a sign of submission or alliance. Here, the psalmist envisions a time when surrounding nations recognize the sovereignty of the LORD and honor Him. This can be seen as a prophetic vision of the messianic kingdom, where all nations acknowledge God's rule, as prophesied in Isaiah 2:2-4 and Zechariah 14:16. It also foreshadows the Great Commission, where the gospel is to be preached to all nations, bringing them into submission to Christ.

who is to be feared.
The fear of the LORD is a central theme in the wisdom literature, particularly in Proverbs, where it is described as the beginning of wisdom (Proverbs 9:10). This fear is not merely terror but a profound reverence and awe for God's holiness, power, and justice. In the context of Psalm 76, it highlights God's might in delivering His people and defeating their enemies, as seen in the historical backdrop of God's deliverance of Jerusalem from Assyrian forces (2 Kings 19:35-37). This fear is also a recognition of God's ultimate authority and judgment, which is a recurring theme throughout the Psalms and the prophetic writings. In the New Testament, this reverence is deepened through the revelation of Jesus Christ, who embodies the fullness of God's power and love, calling believers to live in holy fear and obedience (Philippians 2:12-13).

Persons / Places / Events
1. The LORD (Yahweh)
The covenant God of Israel, who is to be revered and worshiped. He is the central figure to whom vows are made and fulfilled.

2. Neighboring Lands
These are the nations surrounding Israel, which are called to recognize the sovereignty and power of the LORD by bringing tribute.

3. Vows
These are solemn promises or commitments made to God, often in response to His deliverance or blessings.

4. Tribute
A form of offering or gift brought to honor and acknowledge the authority of a ruler, in this case, the LORD.

5. The One who is to be feared
This refers to God, emphasizing His awe-inspiring power and majesty that commands respect and reverence.
Teaching Points
The Importance of Vows
Making vows to God is a serious commitment that should not be taken lightly. It reflects our dedication and response to His faithfulness.

Fulfillment of Promises
Fulfilling our vows is an act of obedience and worship. It demonstrates our integrity and trust in God's provision and sovereignty.

Reverence for God
Recognizing God as "the One who is to be feared" calls us to live in awe and respect of His power and holiness. Our lives should reflect this reverence in our actions and decisions.

Witness to the Nations
The call for neighboring lands to bring tribute signifies the universal recognition of God's authority. Our lives should be a testimony to others of God's greatness and sovereignty.

Practical Worship
Worship is not just about words but involves tangible actions, such as fulfilling vows and bringing offerings, that honor God and acknowledge His lordship.(11) Vow, and pay . . .--This clause seems to be addressed to the Israelites, the next to the heathen.

Verse 11. - Vow, and pay unto the Lord your God. The people of Israel are now addressed. Under the circumstances, they are sure to have made vows to God in the time of their great trouble, before the deliverance came. Now, when the deliverance has come, let them pay these vows. Let all that be round about him bring presents unto him that ought to be feared; literally, unto the Terrible One. By "all that are round about him" the psalmist seems to mean, not Israel only, but those other oppressed ones who had shared the benefit of the deliverance (comp. ver. 9). That presents were brought by some of these is recorded by the writer of Chronicles (2 Chronicles 32:23).

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
Make
נִֽדֲר֣וּ (ni·ḏă·rū)
Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine plural
Strong's 5087: To promise

and fulfill your vows
וְשַׁלְּמוּ֮ (wə·šal·lə·mū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Imperative - masculine plural
Strong's 7999: To be safe, to be, completed, to be friendly, to reciprocate

to the LORD
לַיהוָ֪ה (Yah·weh)
Preposition-l | Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel

your God;
אֱ‍ֽלֹהֵ֫יכֶ֥ם (’ĕlō·hê·ḵem)
Noun - masculine plural construct | second person masculine plural
Strong's 430: gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative

let all
כָּל־ (kāl-)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 3605: The whole, all, any, every

the neighboring lands
סְבִיבָ֑יו (sə·ḇî·ḇāw)
Adverb | third person masculine singular
Strong's 5439: A circle, neighbour, environs, around

bring
יוֹבִ֥ילוּ (yō·w·ḇî·lū)
Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's 2986: To conduct, bear along

tribute
שַׁ֝֗י (šay)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 7862: A gift (offered as homage)

to Him who is to be feared.
לַמּוֹרָֽא׃ (lam·mō·w·rā)
Preposition-l, Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 4172: Fear, a fearful thing, deed


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