Mazmur 66:13-14

66:13 I will enter ¹  your temple with burnt sacrifices;

I will fulfill the vows I made to you,

66:14 which my lips uttered

and my mouth spoke when I was in trouble.

Mazmur 116:14

116:14 I will fulfill my vows to the Lord

before all his people.

Mazmur 116:16-18

116:16 Yes, Lord! I am indeed your servant;

I am your lowest slave. ² 

You saved me from death. ³ 

116:17 I will present a thank offering to you,

and call on the name of the Lord.

116:18 I will fulfill my vows to the Lord

before all his people,

[66:13]  ¹ sn Here the psalmist switches to the singular; he speaks as the representative of the nation.

[116:16]  ² tn Heb “I am your servant, the son of your female servant.” The phrase “son of a female servant” (see also Ps 86:16) is used of a son born to a secondary wife or concubine (Exod 23:12). In some cases the child’s father is the master of the house (see Gen 21:10, 13; Judg 9:18). The use of the expression here certainly does not imply that the Lord has such a secondary wife or concubine! It is used metaphorically and idiomatically to emphasize the psalmist’s humility before the Lord and his status as the Lord’s servant.

[116:16]  ³ tn Heb “you have loosed my bonds.” In this context the imagery refers to deliverance from death (see v. 3).