Psalms 56 · Verse 12

Psalms 56:12

Thy vows are upon me, O God: I will render praises unto thee.
Psalms 56:12, King James Version

Psalms 56:12 in other translations

BSBYour vows are upon me, O God; I will render thank offerings to You.
WEBYour vows are on me, God. I will give thank offerings to you.
ASVThy vows are upon me, O God: I will render thank-offerings unto thee.
YLTOn me, O God, are Thy vows, I repay thank-offerings to Thee.
DARBYThy vows are upon me, OGod: I will render thanks unto thee.
BBEI keep the memory of my debt to you, O God; I will give you the offerings of praise.
WebsterThy vows are upon me, O God: I will render praises to thee.

What does Psalms 56:12 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
12. I will render praises--will pay what I have vowed.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 12 Thy vows are upon me - I have promised in the most solemn manner to be thy servant; to give my whole life to thee; and to offer for my preservation sacrifices of praise and thanksgiving. Reader, what hast thou vowed to God? To renounce the devil and all his works, the pomps and vanities of this wicked world, and all the sinful desires of the flesh; to keep God's holy word and commandment, and to walk before him all the days of thy life. These things hast thou vowed; and these vows are upon thee. Wilt thou pay them?

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Psalms 56:8-13

The heavy and continued trials through which many of the Lord's people have passed, should teach us to be silent and patient under lighter crosses. Yet we are often tempted to repine and despond under small sorrows. For this we should check ourselves. David comforts himself, in his distress and fear, that God noticed all his grievances and all his griefs. God has a bottle and a book for his people's tears, both the…

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Psalms 56:12 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

עָלַ֣י'a.Lai[are] on meH5921
אֱלֹהִ֣ים'E.lo.HimO GodH430
נְדָרֶ֑יךָne.da.Rei.khavows yourH5088
אֲשַׁלֵּ֖ם'a.sha.LemI will payH7999
תּוֹדֹ֣תto.Dotthank-offeringsH8426
לָֽךְ\׃Lakhto you

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Cross references for Psalms 56:12

  • Psalms 9:1-3

    To the chief Musician upon Muth–labben, A Psalm of David. I will praise thee, O Lord, with my whole heart; I will shew forth all thy marvellous works. I will be glad and rejoice in thee: I will sing praise to thy name, O thou most High. When mine enemies are turned back, they shall fall and perish at thy presence.

  • Psalms 50:14

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

  • 1 Samuel 1:24-28

    And when she had weaned him, she took him up with her, with three bullocks, and one ephah of flour, and a bottle of wine, and brought him unto the house of the Lord in Shiloh: and the child was young. And they slew a bullock, and brought the child to Eli. And she said, Oh my lord, as thy soul liveth, my lord, I am the woman that stood by thee here, praying unto the Lord. For this child I prayed; and the Lord hath given me my petition which I asked of him: …

  • Ecclesiastes 5:4-6

    When thou vowest a vow unto God, defer not to pay it; for he hath no pleasure in fools: pay that which thou hast vowed. Better is it that thou shouldest not vow, than that thou shouldest vow and not pay. Suffer not thy mouth to cause thy flesh to sin; neither say thou before the angel, that it was an error: wherefore should God be angry at thy voice, and destroy the work of thine hands?

  • Numbers 30:2-16

    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. If a woman also vow a vow unto the Lord, and bind herself by a bond, being in her father’s house in her youth; And her father hear her vow, and her bond wherewith she hath bound her soul, and her father shall hold his peace at her: then all her vows shall stand, and every bond wherewith she hath bound her soul shall stand. But if her father disallow her in the day that he heareth; not any of her vows, or of her bonds wherewith she hath bound her soul, shall stand: and the Lord shall forgive her, because her father disallowed her. …

  • Psalms 119:106

    I have sworn, and I will perform it, that I will keep thy righteous judgments.

  • Psalms 76:11

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

  • 1 Samuel 1:11

    And she vowed a vow, and said, O Lord of hosts, if thou wilt indeed look on the affliction of thine handmaid, and remember me, and not forget thine handmaid, but wilt give unto thine handmaid a man child, then I will give him unto the Lord all the days of his life, and there shall no razor come upon his head.

  • Psalms 21:13

    Be thou exalted, Lord, in thine own strength: so will we sing and praise thy power.

  • Genesis 28:20-22

    And Jacob vowed a vow, saying, If God will be with me, and will keep me in this way that I go, and will give me bread to eat, and raiment to put on, So that I come again to my father’s house in peace; then shall the Lord be my God: And this stone, which I have set for a pillar, shall be God’s house: and of all that thou shalt give me I will surely give the tenth unto thee.

  • Psalms 59:16-17

    But I will sing of thy power; yea, I will sing aloud of thy mercy in the morning: for thou hast been my defence and refuge in the day of my trouble. Unto thee, O my strength, will I sing: for God is my defence, and the God of my mercy.

  • Psalms 116:14-19

    I will pay my vows unto the Lord now in the presence of all his people. Precious in the sight of the Lord is the death of his saints. O Lord, truly I am thy servant; I am thy servant, and the son of thine handmaid: thou hast loosed my bonds. I will offer to thee the sacrifice of thanksgiving, and will call upon the name of the Lord. …

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Thy.
66:13,14; 76:11; 116:14-19; 119:106; Ge 28:20-22; 35:1-3
Nu 30:2-16; 1Sa 1:11,24-28; Ec 5:4-6
I will.
9:1-3; 21:13; 59:16,17; Isa 12:1

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Context

  • Psalms 56:11

    In God have I put my trust: I will not be afraid what man can do unto me.

  • Psalms 56:12

    Thy vows are upon me, O God: I will render praises unto thee.

  • Psalms 56:13

    For thou hast delivered my soul from death: wilt not thou deliver my feet from falling, that I may walk before God in the light of the living?

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Psalms 56:12 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Sobre mí, oh Dios, están tus votos: te tributaré alabanzas.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		En Dieu je me confie: je ne craindrai pas; que me fera l’homme?
German
Elberfelder 1871		Auf mir, o Gott, sind deine Gelübde, ich werde dir Dankopfer entrichten.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Exaltare super cælos, Deus, et super omnem terram gloria tua.