Psalms 76 · Verse 11

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.
Psalms 76:11, King James Version

Psalms 76:11 in other translations

BSBMake and fulfill your vows to the LORD your God; let all the neighboring lands bring tribute to Him who is to be feared.
WEBMake vows to the LORD your God, and fulfill them! Let all of his neighbors bring presents to him who is to be feared.
ASVVow, and pay unto Jehovah your God: Let all that are round about him bring presents unto him that ought to be feared.
YLTVow and complete to Jehovah your God, All ye surrounding him. They bring presents to the Fearful One.
DARBYVow and pay unto Jehovah your God: let all that are round about him bring presents unto him that is to be feared.
BBEGive to the Lord your God what is his by right; let all who are round him give offerings to him who is to be feared.
WebsterVow, and pay to the LORD your God: let all that are about him bring presents to him that ought to be feared.

What does Psalms 76:11 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Psalms 76:11-12
11-12. Invite homage to such a God (2Ch 32:23), who can stop the breath of kings and princes when He wills (Da 5:23).

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

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 11 Vow, and pay unto the Lord - Bind yourselves to him, and forget not your obligations. Let all that be round about him - All the neighboring nations, who shall see God's judgments against his enemies, should Bring presents unto him - Give him that homage which is due unto him. That ought to be feared - למורא lammora, "to the terrible One;" lest they be consumed as the Assyrians have been.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Psalms 76:7-12

God's people are the meek of the earth, the quiet in the land, that suffer wrong, but do none. The righteous God seems to keep silence long, yet, sooner or later, he will make judgment to be heard. We live in an angry, provoking world; we often feel much, and are apt to fear more, from the wrath of man. What will not turn to his praise, shall not be suffered to break out. He can set bounds to the wrath of man, as he…

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Psalms 76:11 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.

נִֽדֲר֣וּni.da.Rumake vowsH5087
וְשַׁלְּמוּ֮ve.sha.le.Muand pay [them]H7999
לַיהוָ֪הla.Yah.wehto YahwehH3068
אֱֽלֹהֵ֫יכֶ֥ם'elo.Hei.KhemGod yourH430
כָּל\־kol-allH3605
סְבִיבָ֑יוse.vi.Vav[those] around himH5439
יוֹבִ֥ילוּyo.Vi.lulet them bringH2986
שַׁ֝֗יshaia giftH7862
לַמּוֹרָֽא\׃la.mo.Ra'to the awesome oneH4172

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

Cross references for Psalms 76:11

  • 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?

  • Psalms 50:14

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

  • Psalms 68:29

    Because of thy temple at Jerusalem shall kings bring presents unto thee.

  • 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.

  • Psalms 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.

  • 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.

  • Psalms 119:106

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

  • 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:

  • 2 Chronicles 32:22-23

    Thus the Lord saved Hezekiah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem from the hand of Sennacherib the king of Assyria, and from the hand of all other, and guided them on every side. And many brought gifts unto the Lord to Jerusalem, and presents to Hezekiah king of Judah: so that he was magnified in the sight of all nations from thenceforth.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Vow.
50:14; 119:106; Nu 30:2; Ec 5:4-6
let all.
68:29; 89:7; De 16:16; 2Ch 32:22,23
unto him. Heb. to fear.
Ge 31:42

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Context

  • Psalms 76:10

    Surely the wrath of man shall praise thee: the remainder of wrath shalt thou restrain.

  • 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.

  • Psalms 76:12

    He shall cut off the spirit of princes: he is terrible to the kings of the earth.

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Psalms 76:11 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Prometed, y pagad á Jehová vuestro Dios: todos los que están alrededor de él, traigan presentes al Terrible.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Car la colère de l’homme te louera; tu te ceindras du reste de la colère.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Tut und bezahlet Gelübde Jehova, eurem Gott; mögen alle, die rings um ihn her sind, Geschenke bringen dem Furchtbaren!
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Et dixi: Nunc cœpi; hæc mutatio dexteræ Excelsi.