¶Enter His gates with thanksgiving, And His courtyards with praise. Give thanks to Him, 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.
- BSB Enter His gates with thanksgiving and His courts with praise; give thanks to 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.
- 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.
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Cross-references · 12
- Col 3:16–17Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly; in all wisdom teaching and admonishing one another with psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your heart to the Lord.
- Heb 13:15Through him, then, let us offer up a sacrifice of praise to God continually, that is, the fruit of lips which proclaim allegiance to his name.
- 1 Chr 29:13Now therefore, our God, we thank you, and praise your glorious name.
- Ps 103:1–2By David. Praise Yahweh, my soul! All that is within me, praise his holy name!
- Ps 116:17–19I will offer to you the sacrifice of thanksgiving, and will call on Yahweh’s name.
- Ps 145:1–2A praise psalm by David. I will exalt you, my God, the King. I will praise your name forever and ever.
- Ps 66:13I will come into your temple with burnt offerings. I will pay my vows to you,
- Ps 96:2Sing to Yahweh! Bless his name! Proclaim his salvation from day to day!
- Isa 35:10The Yahweh’s ransomed ones will return, and come with singing to Zion; and everlasting joy will be on their heads. They will obtain gladness and joy, and sorrow and sighing will flee away.”
- Ps 103:20–22Praise Yahweh, you angels of his, who are mighty in strength, who fulfill his word, obeying the voice of his word.
- 1 Chr 29:20Then David said to all the assembly, “Now bless Yahweh your God!” All the assembly blessed Yahweh, the God of their fathers, and bowed down their heads and prostrated themselves before Yahweh and the king.
- Ps 65:1For the Chief Musician. A Psalm by David. A song. Praise waits for you, God, in Zion. To you shall vows be performed.
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