Verse 11
Vow, and pay unto the Lord your God ,.... Not monastic vows, which the Papists would infer from these and such like words; nor ceremonial ones, but spiritual sacrifices of praise and thanksgiving, such as men sometimes make in times of distress, or when delivered, Psalm 66:13 and which when vowed ought to be paid, Ecclesiastes 5:4 , not to creatures, angels, or saints, but to God, from whom the mercy desired must be expected, and from whence it comes, Psalm 50:14 , these words are an address to such who were delivered from wrath, either of God or man:
let all that be round about him ; who surround the throne of his grace, gather together in his house to attend his word and ordinances, who are his servants, and constantly and faithfully adhere to him; among whom he grants his presence, they are near to him, and he to them. It is a periphrasis of the assembly of the saints; see Psalm 89:7 . The Targum is,
"all ye that dwell round about his sanctuary;'
the allusion is to the situation of the camp of Israel, and the tabernacle in the wilderness, Numbers 2:1 compare with this Revelation 4:4 ,
bring presents unto him that ought to be feared , or "to the fear" F6 למורא "ad verb terrori, timori", Vatsblus; "numini", De Dieu, "venerando et timendo huic numini", Michaelis; so Ainsworth. , which is one of the names of God; see Genesis 31:42 and who is and ought to be the object of the fear and reverence of men; the "presents", to be brought to him are the sacrifices of prayer and praise, yea, the whole persons, the souls and bodies, of men; see Psalm 72:10 , compare with this 2 Chronicles 32:22 . The Targum is,
"let them bring offerings into the house of the sanctuary of the terrible One;'
of him that is to be feared, with a godly fear by good men, and to be dreaded by evil men, as follows.
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