Psalm 116:13

13 I will lift up the cup of salvation and call on the name of the LORD.

Psalm 116:13 in Other Translations

13 I will take the cup of salvation, and call upon the name of the LORD.

13 I will lift up the cup of salvation and call on the name of the Lord,

13 I will lift up the cup of salvation and praise the LORD ’s name for saving me.

13 I'll lift high the cup of salvation - a toast to God! I'll pray in the name of God;

13 I will take the cup of salvation, And call upon the name of Jehovah.

13 I will take the cup of salvation and call on the name of the LORD.

13 I will take the cup of salvation and worship the Lord.

13 I will bring an offering of wine to the LORD and thank him for saving me. I will worship him.

Psalm 116:13 Meaning and Commentary

Psalms 116:13

I will take the cup of salvation
Or "salvations" ^F14; not the eucharistic cup, or the cup in the Lord's supper, which the apostle calls "the cup of blessing", ( 1 Corinthians 10:16 ) ; though some so think, and that the psalmist represents the saints under the Gospel dispensation; nor the cup of afflictions or martyrdom for the sake of Christ; being willing, under a sense of mercies received, to bear or suffer anything for his sake he should call him to; as knowing it would be a token to him of salvation, and work for his good: but rather an offering of praise for temporal salvation, and for spiritual and eternal salvation; in allusion to a master of a family, who at the close of a feast or meal, used to take up a cup in his hands, and give thanks; see ( Matthew 26:27 ) ;

and call upon the name of the Lord;
invocation of the name of the Lord takes in all worship and service of him, public and private, external and internal; and particularly prayer, which is calling upon the Lord in the name of Christ, with faith and fervency, in sincerity and truth: and the sense of the psalmist is, that he would not only give thanks for the mercies he had received, but continue to pray to God for more; and this was all the return he was capable of making.

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FOOTNOTES:

F14 (twewvy) "salutum", Pagninus, Montanus, Vatablus, Gejerus, Michaelis; "salvationum", Musculus.

Psalm 116:13 In-Context

11 in my alarm I said, “Everyone is a liar.”

12 What shall I return to the LORD for all his goodness to me?

13 I will lift up the cup of salvation and call on the name of the LORD.

14 I will fulfill my vows to the LORD in the presence of all his people.

15 Precious in the sight of the LORD is the death of his faithful servants.

Cross References

• 1. S Psalms 105:1; Psalms 16:5; Psalms 80:18