Psalms 50:14
Offer unto God the sacrifice of thanksgiving; and pay thy vows unto the Most High;
JPS TaNaKH 1917
In The King James Version
Offer unto God thanksgiving; and pay thy vows unto the most High:
In Context
13Do I eat the flesh of bulls, or drink the blood of goats?
15And call upon Me in the day of trouble; I will deliver thee, and thou shalt honour Me.'
Cross References
Numbers 30:2(30-3) When a man voweth a vow unto the LORD, or sweareth 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.
Deuteronomy 23:21(23-22) When thou shalt vow a vow unto the LORD thy God, thou shalt not be slack to pay it; for the LORD thy God will surely require it of thee; and it will be sin in thee.
Deuteronomy 23:23(23-24) That which is gone out of thy lips thou shalt observe and do; according as thou hast vowed freely unto the LORD thy God, even that which thou hast promised with thy mouth.
Job 22:27Thou shalt make thy prayer unto Him, and He will hear thee, and thou shalt pay thy vows;
Psalms 22:26(22-27) Let the humble eat and be satisfied; let them praise the LORD that seek after Him; may your heart be quickened for ever!
Psalms 50:23Whoso offereth the sacrifice of thanksgiving honoureth Me; and to him that ordereth his way aright will I show the salvation of God.'
Matthew Henry on Psalms 50:8-16
The Inefficacy of Legal Sacrifices. 7 Hear, O my people, and I will speak; O Israel, and I will testify against thee: I am God, even thy God. 8 I will not reprove thee for thy sacrifices or thy burnt offerings, to have been continually before me. 9 I will take no bullock out of thy house, nor he goats out of thy folds. 10 For every beast of the forest is mine, and the cattle upon a thousand hills. 11 I know all the fowls of the mountains: and the wild beasts of the field are mine. 12 If I were hungry, I would not… Read the whole commentary →