“Which my lips have uttered, and my mouth hath spoken, when I was in trouble.”
The reference to vows made during distress and fulfilling them in sacrifice establishes the connection between petition during crisis and thanksgiving when deliverance comes. The offering of fat sacrifices indicates generous and wholehearted gratitude. The mention of rams indicates valuable sacrifice. This verse articulates that worship is the proper response to experienced deliverance.
Church Fathers on Psalms 66:14
1. This Psalm has on the title the inscription, “For the end, a song of a Psalm of Resurrection.” When ye hear “for the end,” whenever the Psalms are repeated, understand it “for Christ:” the Apostle saying, “For the end of the law is Christ, for righteousness to every one believing.” Romans 10:4 In what manner therefore here Resurrection is sung, you will hear, and whose Resurrection it is, as far as Himself deigns to give and disclose. For the Resurrection we Christians…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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