I will take the cup of salvation, and call upon the name of the LORD.
Ver. 13. I will take the cup of salvation] Calicem salutum, vel omnis salutis (Vatab. Trem.). As in the drink offerings, or as at the feast after the peace offerings. See 1 Chronicles 16:3. Wherein the feast maker was wont to take a festival great cup; and in lifting it up to declare the occasion of that feast; and then, in testimony of thankfulness, to drink thereof to the guests, that they in order might pledge him. This was called a cup of salvation, or a health cup, but not in the drunkard's sense. To this the apostle seemeth to allude, 1 Corinthians 10:17, when he calleth the sacramental cup the cup of blessing. Jerome rendereth it, Calicem Iesu accipiam.
And call upon the name of the Lord] Pray unto him, and so praise him. Or, I will proclaim and preach his praises, as 1 Peter 2:9 .