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Make vows to Yahweh your God, and fulfill them! Let all of his neighbors bring presents to him who is to be feared.
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Fulfill Your Promises to God
Commentators explain that this verse is a call to respond to God's deliverance with gratitude. This involves fulfilling voluntary promises (vows) and bringing "presents." Scholars like John Gill and Matthew Henry note these presents are not just material but include spiritual sacrifices like prayer, praise, and the dedication of our whole lives to God.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Vow, and pay unto the Lord your God - That is, pay your vows, or sacredly observe them. On the word “vow,” see the notes at Psalms …
19th Century
Anglican
Vow, and pay ... —This clause seems to be addressed to the Israelites, the next to the Gentiles.
16th Century
Protestant
Vow and pay to Jehovah your God. The faithful are now exhorted to the exercise of gratitude. Under the Law, it was customary for the Jews …
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Vow, and pay unto the Lord your God Not monastic vows, which the Papists would infer from these and such like words;…
God's people are the meek of the earth, the quiet in the land, who suffer wrong but do none. The righteous God seems to keep silence long, yet, soo…
