Psalm - 116:18

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18 I will pay my vows to Yahweh, yes, in the presence of all his people,

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Explanation and meaning of Psalm 116:18.

Differing Translations

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I will pay my vows to the Lord in the sight of all his people:
I will perform my vows unto Jehovah, yea, before all his people,
My vows to Jehovah let me complete, I pray you, before all His people,
I will make the offerings of my oath, even before all his people;

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Historical Commentaries

Scholarly Analysis and Interpretation.

I will pay my vows - See Psalm 116:14.

I will pay my (k) vows unto the LORD now in the presence of all his people,
(k) I will thank him for his benefits, for that is a just payment, to confess that we owe all to God.

I will pay my vows unto the Lord,.... See Gill on Psalm 116:14. And the Targum here, as there, paraphrases the latter clause,
now in the presence of all his people, thus;
"I will then declare his signs (or wonders) to all his people;''
the marvellous things he had done for him.

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