That I may proclaim with the voice of thanksgiving, And tell of all Your wondrous 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.
- BSB to raise my voice in thanksgiving and declare all Your wonderful 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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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
Cross-references · 21
- 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 71:17–19God, you have taught me from my youth. Until now, I have declared your wondrous works.
- Ps 145:5Of the glorious majesty of your honor, of your wondrous works, I will meditate.
- Luke 19:37–40As he was now getting near, at the descent of the Mount of Olives, the whole multitude of the disciples began to rejoice and praise God with a loud voice for all the mighty works which they had seen,
- Ps 66:13–15I will come into your temple with burnt offerings. I will pay my vows to you,
- 1 Sam 1:24When she had weaned him, she took him up with her, with three bulls, and one ephah of meal, and a bottle of wine, and brought him to Yahweh’s house in Shiloh. The child was young.
- Ps 118:27Yahweh is God, and he has given us light. Bind the sacrifice with cords, even to the horns of the altar.
- Ps 134:2Lift up your hands in the sanctuary. Praise Yahweh!
- Ps 72:18Praise be to Yahweh God, the God of Israel, who alone does marvelous deeds.
- 1 Sam 1:27I prayed for this child; and Yahweh has given me my petition which I asked of him.
- Ps 119:27Let me understand the teaching of your precepts! Then I will meditate on your wondrous works.
- Ps 105:2Sing to him, sing praises to him! Tell of all his marvelous works.
- Ps 118:19Open to me the gates of righteousness. I will enter into them. I will give thanks to Yah.
- Ps 9:14that I may show all of your praise. In the gates of the daughter of Zion, I will rejoice in your salvation.
- 2 Chr 20:26–29On the fourth day, they assembled themselves in Beracah Valley, for there they blessed Yahweh. Therefore the name of that place was called “Beracah Valley” to this day.
- Ps 95:2Let’s come before his presence with thanksgiving. Let’s extol him with songs!
- Ps 136:4–5To him who alone does great wonders; for his loving kindness endures forever:
- Ps 116:18–19I will pay my vows to Yahweh, yes, in the presence of all his people,
- Ps 116:12–14What will I give to Yahweh for all his benefits toward me?
- Ps 100:4–5Enter into his gates with thanksgiving, into his courts with praise. Give thanks to him, and bless his name.
- Deut 26:2–10that you shall take some of the first of all the fruit of the ground, which you shall bring in from your land that Yahweh your God gives you. You shall put it in a basket, and shall go to the place which Yahweh your God shall choose, to cause his name to dwell there.
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