This psalm starts in a way that Isaac our worship leader starts certain songs. “Come, everyone! Clap your hands! Shout to God with joyful praise!” In verse 4 it says that we inherited the Promised Land, but when I think of our inheritance, I tend to focus on heaven and not things of the earth. I wonder if the psalmist meant that as well.

This chapter is about laws concerning vows that the Israelites make to God or under oath. It says, in verse 2, “A man who makes a vow to the Lord or makes a pledge under oath must never break it. He must do exactly what he said he would do.” Then there is a distinction made. Here, the law differs for men and women. While a woman must also fulfill her vows, certain men in her life were able to nullify the vow she makes within one day of hearing it. The only women who were not under the authority of their fathers or husbands were widowed and divorced women.

This chapter is about laws concerning vows that the Israelites make to God or under oath. It says, in verse 2, “A man who makes a vow to the Lord or makes a pledge under oath must never break it. He must do exactly what he said he would do.” Then there is a distinction made. Here, the law differs for men and women. While a woman must also fulfill her vows, certain men in her life were able to nullify the vow she makes within one day of hearing it. The only women who were not under the authority of their fathers or husbands were widowed and divorced women.