Psalms 66:14

Which my lips have uttered,.... Or "opened" (e); publicly and distinctly declared, and from which there is no going back; see Jdg 11:33;

and my mouth hath spoken when I was in trouble; this refers…

Which my lips have uttered ... - Margin, “opened.” The Hebrew word, however - פצה pâtsâh - means properly to tear apart; to rend; and then, to open wide, as the mouth, for example - or the throat, -…

The psalmist, having before stirred up all people, and all God's people in particular, to bless the Lord, here stirs up himself and engages himself to do it.

I. In his devotions to his God, Psa…

Wherewith my lips opened,

And which my mouth spake, when I was in distress.

For the first line cp. Jdg 11:35 f; but there is no reason to suppose that rash vows are here meant.