12 I am under vows(A) to you, my God;
    I will present my thank offerings to you.

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14 “Sacrifice thank offerings(A) to God,
    fulfill your vows(B) to the Most High,(C)

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Psalm 9[a][b]

For the director of music. To the tune of “The Death of the Son.” A psalm of David.

I will give thanks to you, Lord, with all my heart;(A)
    I will tell of all your wonderful deeds.(B)
I will be glad and rejoice(C) in you;
    I will sing the praises(D) of your name,(E) O Most High.

My enemies turn back;
    they stumble and perish before you.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 9:1 Psalms 9 and 10 may originally have been a single acrostic poem in which alternating lines began with the successive letters of the Hebrew alphabet. In the Septuagint they constitute one psalm.
  2. Psalm 9:1 In Hebrew texts 9:1-20 is numbered 9:2-21.

24 After he was weaned, she took the boy with her, young as he was, along with a three-year-old bull,[a](A) an ephah[b] of flour and a skin of wine, and brought him to the house of the Lord at Shiloh. 25 When the bull had been sacrificed, they brought the boy to Eli, 26 and she said to him, “Pardon me, my lord. As surely as you live, I am the woman who stood here beside you praying to the Lord. 27 I prayed(B) for this child, and the Lord has granted me what I asked of him. 28 So now I give him to the Lord. For his whole life(C) he will be given over to the Lord.” And he worshiped the Lord there.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Samuel 1:24 Dead Sea Scrolls, Septuagint and Syriac; Masoretic Text with three bulls
  2. 1 Samuel 1:24 That is, probably about 36 pounds or about 16 kilograms

When you make a vow to God, do not delay to fulfill it.(A) He has no pleasure in fools; fulfill your vow.(B) It is better not to make a vow than to make one and not fulfill it.(C) Do not let your mouth lead you into sin. And do not protest to the temple messenger, “My vow was a mistake.” Why should God be angry at what you say and destroy the work of your hands?

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106 I have taken an oath(A) and confirmed it,
    that I will follow your righteous laws.(B)

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14 I will fulfill my vows(A) to the Lord
    in the presence of all his people.

15 Precious in the sight(B) of the Lord
    is the death of his faithful servants.(C)
16 Truly I am your servant, Lord;(D)
    I serve you just as my mother did;(E)
    you have freed me from my chains.(F)

17 I will sacrifice a thank offering(G) to you
    and call on the name of the Lord.
18 I will fulfill my vows(H) to the Lord
    in the presence of all his people,
19 in the courts(I) of the house of the Lord
    in your midst, Jerusalem.(J)

Praise the Lord.[a]

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  1. Psalm 116:19 Hebrew Hallelu Yah

11 Make vows to the Lord your God and fulfill them;(A)
    let all the neighboring lands
    bring gifts(B) to the One to be feared.

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13 I will come to your temple with burnt offerings(A)
    and fulfill my vows(B) to you—
14 vows my lips promised and my mouth spoke
    when I was in trouble.

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16 But I will sing(A) of your strength,(B)
    in the morning(C) I will sing of your love;(D)
for you are my fortress,(E)
    my refuge in times of trouble.(F)

17 You are my strength, I sing praise to you;
    you, God, are my fortress,
    my God on whom I can rely.(G)

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13 Be exalted(A) in your strength, Lord;(B)
    we will sing and praise your might.

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11 And she made a vow,(A) saying, “Lord Almighty(B), if you will only look on your servant’s misery and remember(C) me, and not forget your servant but give her a son, then I will give him to the Lord for all the days of his life,(D) and no razor(E) will ever be used on his head.”

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When a man makes a vow to the Lord or takes an oath to obligate himself by a pledge, he must not break his word but must do everything he said.(A)

“When a young woman still living in her father’s household makes a vow to the Lord or obligates herself by a pledge and her father hears about her vow or pledge but says nothing to her, then all her vows and every pledge by which she obligated herself will stand.(B) But if her father forbids her(C) when he hears about it, none of her vows or the pledges by which she obligated herself will stand; the Lord will release her because her father has forbidden her.

“If she marries after she makes a vow(D) or after her lips utter a rash promise by which she obligates herself and her husband hears about it but says nothing to her, then her vows or the pledges by which she obligated herself will stand. But if her husband(E) forbids her when he hears about it, he nullifies the vow that obligates her or the rash promise by which she obligates herself, and the Lord will release her.(F)

“Any vow or obligation taken by a widow or divorced woman will be binding on her.

10 “If a woman living with her husband makes a vow or obligates herself by a pledge under oath 11 and her husband hears about it but says nothing to her and does not forbid her, then all her vows or the pledges by which she obligated herself will stand. 12 But if her husband nullifies them when he hears about them, then none of the vows or pledges that came from her lips will stand.(G) Her husband has nullified them, and the Lord will release her. 13 Her husband may confirm or nullify any vow she makes or any sworn pledge to deny herself.[a] 14 But if her husband says nothing to her about it from day to day, then he confirms all her vows or the pledges binding on her. He confirms them by saying nothing to her when he hears about them. 15 If, however, he nullifies them(H) some time after he hears about them, then he must bear the consequences of her wrongdoing.”

16 These are the regulations the Lord gave Moses concerning relationships between a man and his wife, and between a father and his young daughter still living at home.

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  1. Numbers 30:13 Or to fast

Jacob Returns to Bethel

35 Then God said to Jacob, “Go up to Bethel(A) and settle there, and build an altar(B) there to God,(C) who appeared to you(D) when you were fleeing from your brother Esau.”(E)

So Jacob said to his household(F) and to all who were with him, “Get rid of the foreign gods(G) you have with you, and purify yourselves and change your clothes.(H) Then come, let us go up to Bethel, where I will build an altar to God,(I) who answered me in the day of my distress(J) and who has been with me wherever I have gone.(K)

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20 Then Jacob made a vow,(A) saying, “If God will be with me and will watch over me(B) on this journey I am taking and will give me food to eat and clothes to wear(C) 21 so that I return safely(D) to my father’s household,(E) then the Lord[a] will be my God(F) 22 and[b] this stone that I have set up as a pillar(G) will be God’s house,(H) and of all that you give me I will give you a tenth.(I)

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  1. Genesis 28:21 Or Since God … father’s household, the Lord
  2. Genesis 28:22 Or household, and the Lord will be my God, 22 then

Songs of Praise

12 In that day(A) you will say:

“I will praise(B) you, Lord.
    Although you were angry with me,
your anger has turned away(C)
    and you have comforted(D) me.

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