Bible Strands
Psalms 76:11
Make and fulfill your vows to the LORD your God; let all the neighboring lands bring tribute to Him who is to be feared.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The psalmist addresses the covenant community, calling them to respond after declaring that God's judgment over hostile nations will ultimately display His sovereignty. The instruction follows verses describing how even human wrath serves God's purpose and how He subdues earthly rulers.
The words — נִֽדֲר֣וּ (ni.daru) means "make vows" and וְ/שַׁלְּמוּ֮ (ve.shallemu) means "and pay [them]." These verbs command the people to initiate and complete binding commitments to Yahweh their God.
The thread — The directive to fulfill sworn promises runs through Ecclesiastes 5:4 and Psalm 50:14, while the image of surrounding lands bringing tribute corresponds to Psalm 68:29. These passages collectively map a biblical pattern of covenant fidelity and external recognition of divine authority.
Why it lands — The text commands immediate obedience to personal vows and demands acknowledgment of God's fear-inducing rule over all nations. It requires the reader to execute sworn commitments promptly and to recognize that foreign powers ultimately submit to His authority.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
Vow, and pay unto the Lord your God: let all that be round about him bring presents unto him that ought to be feared.
Cross-references
- Ecclesiastes 5:4 When you make a vow to God, do not delay in fulfilling it, because He takes no pleasure in fools. Fulfill your vow.
- Psalms 50:14 Sacrifice a thank offering to God, and fulfill your vows to the Most High.
- Psalms 68:29 Because of Your temple at Jerusalem kings will bring You gifts.
- Genesis 31:42 If the God of my father, the God of Abraham and the Fear of Isaac, had not been with me, surely by now you would have sent me away empty-handed. But God has seen my affliction and the toil of my hands, and last night He rendered judgment.”
- Numbers 30:2 If a man makes a vow to the LORD or swears an oath to obligate himself by a pledge, he must not break his word; he must do everything he has promised.
- Psalms 89:7 In the council of the holy ones, God is greatly feared, and awesome above all who surround Him.
- Deuteronomy 16:16 Three times a year all your men are to appear before the LORD your God in the place He will choose: at the Feast of Unleavened Bread, the Feast of Weeks, and the Feast of Tabernacles. No one should appear before the LORD empty-handed.
- 2 Chronicles 32:22 So the LORD saved Hezekiah and the people of Jerusalem from the hands of King Sennacherib of Assyria and all others, and He gave them rest on every side.
- Psalms 119:106 I have sworn and confirmed that I will keep Your righteous judgments.