Psalms 66 · Verse 14

Psalms 66:14

Which my lips have uttered, and my mouth hath spoken, when I was in trouble.
Psalms 66:14, King James Version

Psalms 66:14 in other translations

BSBthe vows that my lips promised and my mouth spoke in my distress.
WEBwhich my lips promised, and my mouth spoke, when I was in distress.
ASVWhich my lips uttered, And my mouth spake, when I was in distress.
YLTFor opened were my lips, And my mouth spake in my distress:
DARBYWhich my lips have uttered, and my mouth hath spoken, when I was in trouble.
BBEKeeping the word which came from my lips, and which my mouth said, when I was in trouble.
WebsterWhich my lips have uttered, and my mouth hath spoken, when I was in trouble.

What does Psalms 66:14 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Psalms 66:13-15

13-15. These full and varied offerings constitute the payment of vows (Le 22:18-23).

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Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 14 When I was in trouble - This is generally the time when good resolutions are formed, and vows made; but how often are these forgotten when affliction and calamity are removed!

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Psalms 66:13-20

We should declare unto those that fear God, what he has done for our souls, and how he has heard and answered our prayers, inviting them to join us in prayer and praise; this will turn to our mutual comfort, and to the glory of God. We cannot share these spiritual privileges, if we retain the love of sin in our hearts, though we refrain from the gross practice, Sin, regarded in the heart, will spoil the comfort and…

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Psalms 66:14 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.

אֲשֶׁר\־'a.Sher-whichH834
פָּצ֥וּpa.Tzuthey openedH6475
שְׂפָתָ֑יse.fa.Tailips myH8193
וְדִבֶּר\־ve.di.ber-and it spokeH1696
פִּ֝֗יPimouth myH6310
בַּצַּר\־ba.tzar-when <the> it was distressH6862
לִֽי\׃Lito me

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Psalms 66:14

  • Judges 11:35-36

    And it came to pass, when he saw her, that he rent his clothes, and said, Alas, my daughter! thou hast brought me very low, and thou art one of them that trouble me: for I have opened my mouth unto the Lord, and I cannot go back. And she said unto him, My father, if thou hast opened thy mouth unto the Lord, do to me according to that which hath proceeded out of thy mouth; forasmuch as the Lord hath taken vengeance for thee of thine enemies, even of the children of Ammon.

  • 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 18:6

    In my distress I called upon the Lord, and cried unto my God: he heard my voice out of his temple, and my cry came before him, even into his ears.

  • 2 Samuel 22:7

    In my distress I called upon the Lord, and cried to my God: and he did hear my voice out of his temple, and my cry did enter into his ears.

  • 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.

  • Numbers 30:8

    But if her husband disallowed her on the day that he heard it; then he shall make her vow which she vowed, and that which she uttered with her lips, wherewith she bound her soul, of none effect: and the Lord shall forgive her.

  • Genesis 35:3

    And let us arise, and go up to Beth–el; and I will make there an altar unto God, who answered me in the day of my distress, and was with me in the way which I went.

  • Numbers 30:12

    But if her husband hath utterly made them void on the day he heard them; then whatsoever proceeded out of her lips concerning her vows, or concerning the bond of her soul, shall not stand: her husband hath made them void; and the Lord shall forgive her.

  • 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.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
uttered. Heb. opened.
Jud 11:35,36
mouth.
Nu 30:2,8,12
when.
Ge 28:20-22; 35:3; 1Sa 1:11; 2Sa 22:7

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Context

  • Psalms 66:13

    I will go into thy house with burnt offerings: I will pay thee my vows,

  • Psalms 66:14

    Which my lips have uttered, and my mouth hath spoken, when I was in trouble.

  • Psalms 66:15

    I will offer unto thee burnt sacrifices of fatlings, with the incense of rams; I will offer bullocks with goats. Selah.

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Psalms 66:14 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Que pronunciaron mis labios, y habló mi boca, cuando angustiado estaba.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Ce que mes lèvres ont proféré, et que ma bouche a dit dans ma détresse.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Wozu sich weit aufgetan meine Lippen, und die mein Mund ausgesprochen hat in meiner Bedrängnis.