Enter His gates with thanksgiving and His courts with praise; give thanks to Him and bless His name.
Parallel translations
- WEB Enter into his gates with thanksgiving, into his courts with praise. Give thanks to him, and bless his name.
- KJV Enter into his gates with thanksgiving, and into his courts with praise: be thankful unto him, and bless his name.
- NKJV Enter into His gates with thanksgiving, And into His courts with praise. Be thankful to Him, and bless His name.
- NASB ¶Enter His gates with thanksgiving, And His courtyards with praise. Give thanks to Him, bless His name.
- NLT Enter his gates with thanksgiving; go into his courts with praise. Give thanks to him and praise his name.
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Enter His gates with thanksgiving and His courts with praise, blessing His name. Approach God with grateful worship.
Overview
The worshiper is invited into the temple courts with a spirit of thanksgiving and praise. Coming into God's presence is a privilege that calls for gratitude and blessing of His name. Believers now draw near with even greater confidence, for Christ has opened the way into God's presence.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 12
- Col 3:16–17Let the word of Christ richly dwell within you as you teach and admonish one another with all wisdom, and as you sing psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs with gratitude in your hearts to God.
- Heb 13:15Through Jesus, therefore, let us continually offer to God a sacrifice of praise, the fruit of lips that confess His name.
- 1 Chr 29:13Now therefore, our God, we give You thanks, and we praise Your glorious name.
- Ps 103:1–2Of David. Bless the LORD, O my soul; all that is within me, bless His holy name.
- Ps 116:17–19I will offer to You a sacrifice of thanksgiving and call on the name of the LORD.
- Ps 145:1–2A Psalm of praise. Of David. I will exalt You, my God and King; I will bless Your name forever and ever.
- Ps 66:13I will enter Your house with burnt offerings; I will fulfill my vows to You—
- Ps 96:2Sing to the LORD, bless His name; proclaim His salvation day after day.
- Isa 35:10So the redeemed of the LORD will return and enter Zion with singing, crowned with everlasting joy. Gladness and joy will overtake them, and sorrow and sighing will flee.
- Ps 103:20–22Bless the LORD, all His angels mighty in strength who carry out His word, who hearken to the voice of His command.
- 1 Chr 29:20Then David said to the whole assembly, “Blessed be the LORD your God.” So the whole assembly blessed the LORD, the God of their fathers. They bowed down and paid homage to the LORD and to the king.
- Ps 65:1For the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. A song. Praise awaits You, O God, in Zion; to You our vows will be fulfilled.
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