I will give You thanks with all my heart; I will sing Your praises before the gods.
Parallel translations
- WEB By David. I will give you thanks with my whole heart. Before the gods, I will sing praises to you.
- KJV I will praise thee with my whole heart: before the gods will I sing praise unto thee.
- BSB Of David. I give You thanks with all my heart; before the gods I sing Your praises.
- NKJV I will praise You with my whole heart; Before the gods I will sing praises to You.
- NLT I give you thanks, O Lord, with all my heart; I will sing your praises before the gods.
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David resolves to thank God wholeheartedly and praise Him before the gods.
Overview
This psalm of David opens with undivided, sincere praise offered openly even before false gods or earthly powers. His thanksgiving acknowledges Yahweh alone as worthy, in defiance of all rivals. Such wholehearted worship anticipates the praise of those redeemed in Christ, who confess Him Lord before all the world.
Cross-references & the web
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- Ps 111:1Praise Yah! I will give thanks to Yahweh with my whole heart, in the council of the upright, and in the congregation.
- Ps 95:3For Yahweh is a great God, a great King above all gods.
- 1 Cor 14:15What is it then? I will pray with the spirit, and I will pray with the understanding also. I will sing with the spirit, and I will sing with the understanding also.
- John 10:34–36Jesus answered them, “Isn’t it written in your law, ‘I said, you are gods?’
- Ps 96:4For great is Yahweh, and greatly to be praised! He is to be feared above all gods.
- Ps 82:6I said, “You are gods, all of you are sons of the Most High.
- Ps 119:46I will also speak of your statutes before kings, and will not be disappointed.
- Ps 86:12–13I will praise you, Lord my God, with my whole heart. I will glorify your name forever more.
- Ps 82:1A Psalm by Asaph. God presides in the great assembly. He judges among the gods.
- Ps 9:1For the Chief Musician. Set to “The Death of the Son.” A Psalm by David. I will give thanks to Yahweh with my whole heart. I will tell of all your marvelous works.
- Ps 103:1–2By David. Praise Yahweh, my soul! All that is within me, praise his holy name!
- Acts 23:5Paul said, “I didn’t know, brothers, that he was high priest. For it is written, ‘You shall not speak evil of a ruler of your people.’”
- Exod 22:28“You shall not blaspheme God, nor curse a ruler of your people.
- Eph 5:19speaking to one another in psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs; singing, and making melody in your heart to the Lord;
- Heb 1:14Aren’t they all serving spirits, sent out to do service for the sake of those who will inherit salvation?
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The Psalms are Christ's own prayer book and a gallery of his portraits — the suffering one of Psalm 22, the risen Lord of Psalm 16, the priest-king of Psalm 110, the Son to whom the nations are given.
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