to raise my voice in thanksgiving and declare all Your wonderful works.
Parallel translations
- WEB that I may make the voice of thanksgiving to be heard, and tell of all your wondrous deeds.
- KJV That I may publish with the voice of thanksgiving, and tell of all thy wondrous works.
- NKJV That I may proclaim with the voice of thanksgiving, And tell of all Your wondrous works.
- NASB That I may proclaim with the voice of thanksgiving And declare all Your wonders.
- NLT singing a song of thanksgiving and telling of all your wonders.
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Quick answer
David draws near to give thanks aloud and to tell of all God's wondrous deeds. Worship overflows in thanksgiving and proclamation.
Overview
At the altar David proclaims thanksgiving and recounts God's marvelous works. True worship is not silent but voices gratitude and declares God's mighty acts. This anticipates the praise of the redeemed who, cleansed by Christ, tell of the greatest of God's wondrous deeds, the salvation accomplished in the gospel.
Cross-references & the web
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- Ps 9:1For the choirmaster. To the tune of “The Death of the Son.” A Psalm of David. I will give thanks to the LORD with all my heart; I will recount all Your wonders.
- Ps 71:17–19O God, You have taught me from my youth, and to this day I proclaim Your marvelous deeds.
- Ps 145:5the glorious splendor of Your majesty. And I will meditate on Your wondrous works.
- Luke 19:37–40And as He approached the descent from the Mount of Olives, the whole multitude of disciples began to praise God joyfully in a loud voice for all the miracles they had seen:
- Ps 66:13–15I will enter Your house with burnt offerings; I will fulfill my vows to You—
- 1 Sam 1:24Once she had weaned him, Hannah took the boy with her, along with a three-year-old bull, an ephah of flour, and a skin of wine. Though the boy was still young, she brought him to the house of the LORD at Shiloh.
- Ps 118:27The LORD is God; He has made His light to shine upon us. Bind the festal sacrifice with cords to the horns of the altar.
- Ps 134:2Lift up your hands to the sanctuary and bless the LORD!
- Ps 72:18Blessed be the LORD God, the God of Israel, who alone does marvelous deeds.
- 1 Sam 1:27I prayed for this boy, and since the LORD has granted me what I asked of Him,
- Ps 119:27Make clear to me the way of Your precepts; then I will meditate on Your wonders.
- Ps 105:2Sing to Him, sing praises to Him; tell of all His wonders.
- Ps 118:19Open to me the gates of righteousness, that I may enter and give thanks to the LORD.
- Ps 9:14that I may declare all Your praises—that within the gates of Daughter Zion I may rejoice in Your salvation.
- 2 Chr 20:26–29On the fourth day they assembled in the Valley of Beracah, where they blessed the LORD. Therefore that place is called the Valley of Beracah to this day.
- Ps 95:2Let us enter His presence with thanksgiving; let us make a joyful noise to Him in song.
- Ps 136:4–5He alone does great wonders. His loving devotion endures forever.
- Ps 116:18–19I will fulfill my vows to the LORD in the presence of all His people,
- Ps 116:12–14How can I repay the LORD for all His goodness to me?
- Ps 100:4–5Enter His gates with thanksgiving and His courts with praise; give thanks to Him and bless His name.
- Deut 26:2–10you are to take some of the firstfruits of all your produce from the soil of the land that the LORD your God is giving you and put them in a basket. Then go to the place the LORD your God will choose as a dwelling for His Name,
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