Psalms 61:8

So will I sing praise unto thy name for ever, that I may daily perform my vows.

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
sing	אֲזַמְּרָ֣ה 'a.za.me.Rah	H2167	play upon it · verb, piel infinitive construct, 1st person common singular
name	שִׁמְךָ֣ shim.Kha	H8034	an appellation · noun, common masculine singular construct + pronominal suffix, 2nd person masculine singular
ever	לָעַ֑ד la.'Ad	H5703	properly · preposition + noun, common masculine singular absolute
daily	י֣וֹם Yom	H3117	a day (as the warm hours) · noun, common masculine singular absolute
perform	לְֽשַׁלְּמִ֥י le.sha.le.Mi	H7999	to be safe (in mind · preposition + verb, piel infinitive construct + pronominal suffix
vows	נְדָרַ֗י ne.da.Rai	H5088	a promise (to God) · noun, common masculine plural construct + pronominal suffix

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890/1894), public domain; digitized by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). KJV word tagging: eBible.org (public domain). Original-language text, parsing and brief lexicon: STEPBible.org data from Tyndale House, Cambridge (CC BY 4.0).

Cross-references

Psalms 65:1 Praise waiteth for thee, O God, in Sion: and unto thee shall the vow be performed.
Psalms 145:1-2 I will extol thee, my God, O king; and I will bless thy name for ever and ever.
Psalms 66:13-16 I will go into thy house with burnt offerings: I will pay thee my vows,
Psalms 71:22 I will also praise thee with the psaltery, even thy truth, O my God: unto thee will I sing with the harp, O thou Holy One of Israel.
Psalms 79:13 So we thy people and sheep of thy pasture will give thee thanks for ever: we will shew forth thy praise to all generations.
Psalms 146:2 While I live will I praise the LORD: I will sing praises unto my God while I have any being.
Psalms 30:12 To the end that my glory may sing praise to thee, and not be silent. O LORD my God, I will give thanks unto thee for ever.

Cross-references from OpenBible.info (CC BY), in the lineage of the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain).

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Psalms 61:5–end

In these verses we may observe, I. With what pleasure David looks back upon what God had done for him formerly (Psa 61:5): Thou, O God! hast heard my vows, that is, 1. "The vows themselves which I made, and with which I bound my soul: thou hast taken notice of them; thou hast accepted them, because made in sincerity, and been well pleased with them; thou hast been mindful of them, and put me in mind of them." God put Jacob in mind of his vows, Gen 31:13; Gen 35:1. note, God is a witness to all our vows, all our good purposes, and all our solemn promises of new obedience. He keeps an account of them, which should be a good reason with us, as it was with David here, why we should perform our v…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Psalms 61:8

Thus for new blessings will new vows of praise ever be paid. Next: Psalms Chapter 62

John Gill on Psalms 61:8

So will I sing praise unto thy name for ever,.... Or constantly; and not only in this world, but in that to come, for the favours before mentioned; for hearing his prayers; giving him a goodly heritage; prolonging the King's life; and preparing mercy and truth to preserve him; that I may daily perform vows; which is done by praising the Lord, giving him the glory of all mercies, as vowed and promised; see Psalm 50:14. The Targum adds, "in the day of the redemption of Israel, and in the day that the King Messiah shall be anointed, that he may reign.''

John Calvin on Psalms 61:5–end

Psalm 61:5-8 5. For thou, O God! hast heard my vows: thou hast given inheritance to those [405] fearing thy name. 6. Thou shalt add days upon days to the king, and his years as generation upon generation. 7. He shalt abide before the face of God for ever: prepare mercy and truth; let them keep him. 8. So will I sing unto thy name for ever, that I may daily perform my vows. 5. For thou, O God! hast heard my vows. He here shows the grounds upon which he had spoken of his abiding under the wings of God. The sudden joy which he experienced arose from the circumstance of God's having heard his prayers, and made light to spring out of darkness. By his vows we must understand his prayers, accordi…

The Church Fathers

"So I will play music to Thy name, that I may render my vows from day unto day" [Psalm 61:8]. If thou playest music to the name of God, play not for a time. Wilt thou for ever play? wilt thou for everlasting play? Render to Him thy vows from day unto day. What is, render to Him thy vows from day unto day? From this day unto that day. Continue to render vows in this day, until thou come to that day: that is, "He that shall have continued even unto the end, the same shall be saved." [Matthew 24:13]
— Augustine of Hippo, Exposition on Psalm 61

The Church Fathers: public-domain translations (Ante-Nicene and Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers), verse-indexed by SermonIndex (CC BY 4.0).

Dictionary and topics

Neginah — In the title of Ps. 61, denotes the music of stringed instruments (1 Sam. 16:16; Isa. 38:20). It is the singular form of Neginoth.

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

Psalms 61:8

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Psalms 61:5–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Psalms 61:8

John Gill on Psalms 61:8

John Calvin on Psalms 61:5–end

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Psalms 61:8

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Psalms 61:5–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Psalms 61:8

John Gill on Psalms 61:8

John Calvin on Psalms 61:5–end

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Keil & Delitzsch on Psalms 61:5–end

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Psalms 61:5

Spurgeon's Treasury of David on Psalms 61:8