Psalms 75:12
Vow ye, and pay to the Lord your God: all you that are round about him bring presents. To him that is terrible,
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- Vulgate (Clementine)
- Vovete et reddite Domino Deo vestro, omnes qui in circuitu ejus affertis munera : terribili,
- Septuagint (Swete)
- εὔξασθε καὶ ἀπόδοτε Κυρίῳ τῷ θεῷ ἡμῶν· πάντες οἱ κύκλῳ αὐτοῦ οἴσουσιν δῶρα
- Hebrew (WLC) shown from Psalms 76:12
- נִֽדֲר֣וּ וְשַׁלְּמוּ֮ לַיהוָ֪ה אֱֽלֹהֵ֫יכֶ֥ם כָּל סְבִיבָ֑יו יוֹבִ֥ילוּ שַׁ֝֗י לַמּוֹרָֽא
Haydock's commentary
God. Victims of thanksgiving, as was customary after a victory, Psalm xxi., xxvi., xlix., and xiv. He speaks to the people who had been spared, particularly to the priests, though it may be understood also of foreign nations, who complied with this invitation, 2 Paralipomenon xxxii. 22. (Calmet)
Vows, and their completion, ought not to be separated, even though the thing vowed may have been before a matter of choice, as virginity, &c. (St. Augustine) (Berthier)
What says Luther? (Haydock)
From Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary, 1859, in the transcription made by Todd Easton and kept online by John Paul Wohlschied at johnblood.gitlab.io/haydock.
The Fathers on this verse
St Augustine Expositions on the Book of Psalms, Psalm LVI
17. “In me, O God, are Thy vows, which I will render of praise to Thee” ( ver. 12 ). “Vow ye, and render to the Lord your God.” What vow, what render? Perchance those animals which were offered at the altars aforetime? No such thing offer thou: in thyself is what thou mayest vow and render. From the heart’s coffer bring forth the incense of praise; from the store of a good conscience bring forth the sacrifice of faith. Whatsoever thing thou bringest forth, kindle with love. In thyself be the vows, which thou mayest render of praise to God. Of what praise? For what hath He granted thee? “For Thou hast rescued my soul from death” ( ver. 13 ). This is that very life which he telleth out to Him: “O God, my life I have told out to Thee.” For I was what? Dead. Through myself I was dead: through Thee I am what? Alive. …
St Augustine Expositions on the Book of Psalms, Psalm LXV
4. “And to Thee shall there be paid a vow in Jerusalem.” Here we vow, and a good thing it is that there we should pay. But who are they that here do vow and pay not? They that persevere not even unto the end in that which they have vowed. Whence saith another Psalm, “Vow ye, and pay ye unto the Lord your God:” and, “to Thee shall it be paid in Jerusalem.” For there shall we be whole, that is, entire in the resurrection of just men: there shall be paid our whole vow, not soul alone, but the very flesh also, no longer corruptible, because no longer in Babylon, but now a body heavenly and changed. …
St Augustine Expositions on the Book of Psalms, Psalm LXXVI
11. “Vow ye, and pay to the Lord our God” ( ver. 11 ). Let each man vow what he is able, and pay it. Do not vow and not pay: but let every man vow, and pay what he can. Be ye not slow to vow: for ye will accomplish the vows by powers not your own. Ye will fail, if on yourselves ye rely: but if on Him to whom ye vow ye rely, ye will be safe to pay. “Vow ye, and pay to the Lord our God.” What ought we all in common to vow? To believe in Him, to hope from Him for life eternal, to live godly according to a measure common to all. For there is a certain measure common to all men. …
St Augustine Expositions on the Book of Psalms, Psalm LXXXIV
4. Wherefore, most beloved, as each can, make vows, and perform to the Lord God what each can: let no one look back, no one delight himself with his former interests, no one turn away from that which is before to that which is behind: let him run until he arrive: for we run not with the feet but with the desire. But let no one in this life say that he hath arrived. For who can be so perfect as Paul? Yet he saith, “Brethren, I count not myself to have attained.”