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Psalm 76:11

Make vows to the LORD your God, and fulfill them! Let all of his neighbors bring presents to him who is to be feared.

9when God arose to judgment, to save all the afflicted ones of the earth. Selah.
10Surely the wrath of man praises you. The survivors of your wrath are restrained.
11Make vows to the LORD your God, and fulfill them! Let all of his neighbors bring presents to him who is to be feared.
12He will cut off the spirit of princes. He is feared by the kings of the earth.
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Vows and presents belong together here: the God who is to be feared deserves honor in both the promises people make and the actions that follow.

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Where else Scripture says this

11 passages readers most often link with this verse, and the thread each one shares with it.

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Ecclesiastes 5:4When you vow a vow to God, don’t defer to pay it; for he has no pleasure in fools. Pay that which you vow.Both passages insist that a vow to God must be fulfilled, and Ecclesiastes warns against delaying payment.
Psalm 50:14Offer to God the sacrifice of thanksgiving. Pay your vows to the Most High.Both passages join fulfilled vows with an offering to God, with Psalm 50 naming thanksgiving as the sacrifice.
Matthew 5:33“Again you have heard that it was said to the ancient ones, ‘You shall not make false vows, but shall perform to the Lord your vows,’The command about vows that Jesus recounts shares Psalm 76’s demand that promises made to the Lord be performed.
Psalm 65:1For the Chief Musician. A Psalm by David. A song. Praise waits for you, God, in Zion. Vows shall be performed to you.Both psalms speak of vows being fulfilled before God as part of the honor given to him.
Psalm 68:29Because of your temple at Jerusalem, kings will bring presents to you.Both psalms speak of presents brought to God, with Psalm 68 naming kings as those who bring them.
Deuteronomy 23:21When you vow a vow to the LORD your God, you shall not be slack to pay it, for the LORD your God will surely require it of you; and it would be sin in you.Both passages require fulfillment of vows to the LORD, and Deuteronomy states that he will require what was promised.
Numbers 30:2When a man vows a vow to the LORD, or swears an oath to bind his soul with a bond, he shall not break his word. He shall do according to all that proceeds out …Both passages bind a vow to its fulfillment, with Numbers spelling out the duty to keep one’s word.
Psalm 89:7a very awesome God in the council of the holy ones, to be feared above all those who are around him?Both psalms describe God as one to be feared by those around him.
Genesis 31:42Unless the God of my father, the God of Abraham, and the fear of Isaac, had been with me, surely now you would have sent me away empty. God has seen my …Both passages associate God with fear, though Genesis does so through Jacob’s name for him as the fear of Isaac.
Genesis 28:20Jacob vowed a vow, saying, “If God will be with me, and will keep me in this way that I go, and will give me bread to eat, and clothing to put on,Both passages concern vows to God; Genesis records the opening of Jacob’s vow, while the psalm commands vows and their fulfillment.
2 Chronicles 17:5Therefore the LORD established the kingdom in his hand. All Judah brought tribute to Jehoshaphat, and he had riches and honor in abundance.The shared thread is gifts expressing honor, though Chronicles describes tribute to Jehoshaphat and the psalm commands presents to God.
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Encouragement

The God who receives these vows has risen to save the afflicted in the surrounding psalm. His might deserves reverence; even kings stand beneath his authority.

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Cross-reference data from OpenBible.info (CC BY). Scripture from the World English Bible (public domain). Arc diagram after Chris Harrison and Christoph Römhild (2007).