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Psalm 116:16–18

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

I am your lowest slave.19

You saved me from death.20

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

and call on the name of the Lord.

116:18I will fulfill my vows to the Lord

before all his people,

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Footnotes

  1. 19 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.
  2. 20 Heb “you have loosed my bonds.” In this context the imagery refers to deliverance from death (see v. 3).

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In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

O Lord, I am your servant;

I am your servant, the son of your maidservant.

You have loosed my bonds.

I will offer to you the sacrifice of thanksgiving

and call on the name of the Lord.

I will pay my vows to the Lord

in the presence of all his people,

Copyright 2001 Crossway Bibles

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Truly I am your servant, Lord;

I serve you just as my mother did;

you have freed me from my chains.

I will sacrifice a thank offering to you

and call on the name of the Lord.

I will fulfill my vows to the Lord

in the presence of all his people,

Copyright 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 Biblica, Inc.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Lord, I am indeed your servant;

I am your servant, the son of your female servant.

You have loosened my bonds.

I will offer you a thanksgiving sacrifice

and call on the name of the Lord.

I will fulfill my vows to the Lord

in the presence of all his people,

Copyright 2017 Holman Bible Publishers

NLTNew Living Translation

O Lord, I am your servant;

yes, I am your servant, born into your household;

you have freed me from my chains.

I will offer you a sacrifice of thanksgiving

and call on the name of the Lord.

I will fulfill my vows to the Lord

in the presence of all his people—

Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2015 by Tyndale House Foundation. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers. All rights reserved.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

Ah, Yahweh, I am indeed your servant;

I am your servant, the child of your maidservant.

You have loosed my bonds.

I will offer to you a sacrifice of thanksgiving,

and proclaim the name of Yahweh.

I will pay my vows made to Yahweh

in the presence of all his people,

Copyright 2012 Lexham Press

KJV 1900King James Version

O Lord, truly I am thy servant;

I am thy servant, and the son of thine handmaid:

Thou hast loosed my bonds.

I will offer to thee the sacrifice of thanksgiving,

And will call upon the name of the Lord.

I will pay my vows unto the Lord

Now in the presence of all his people,

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