that my heart may sing Your praises and not be silent. O LORD my God, I will give thanks forever.
Parallel translations
- WEB To the end that my heart may sing praise to you, and not be silent. Yahweh my God, I will give thanks to you forever!
- KJV To the end that my glory may sing praise to thee, and not be silent. O LORD my God, I will give thanks unto thee for ever.
- NKJV To the end that my glory may sing praise to You and not be silent. O Lord my God, I will give thanks to You forever.
- NASB That my soul may sing praise to You and not be silent. Lord my God, I will give thanks to You forever.
- NLT that I might sing praises to you and not be silent. O Lord my God, I will give you thanks forever!
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Quick answer
God delivered David so his heart might sing praise unceasingly and give thanks forever. It states the purpose of deliverance: everlasting praise.
Overview
David sees that God's saving work aims at glad, perpetual worship rather than silence. Deliverance is given so that grateful praise may rise to God. This eternal thanksgiving is the destiny of all whom Christ redeems, made to glorify God forever.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 13
- Ps 145:2Every day I will bless You, and I will praise Your name forever and ever.
- Luke 19:40“I tell you,” He answered, “if they remain silent, the very stones will cry out.”
- Ps 16:9Therefore my heart is glad and my tongue rejoices; my body also will dwell securely.
- Ps 146:1–2Hallelujah! Praise the LORD, O my soul.
- Ps 44:8In God we have boasted all day long, and Your name we will praise forever. Selah
- Rev 4:8–9And each of the four living creatures had six wings and was covered with eyes all around and within. Day and night they never stop saying: “Holy, Holy, Holy, is the Lord God Almighty, who was and is and is to come!”
- Ps 71:14But I will always hope and will praise You more and more.
- Ps 13:6I will sing to the LORD, for He has been good to me.
- Ps 57:8Awake, my glory! Awake, O harp and lyre! I will awaken the dawn.
- Acts 4:20For we cannot stop speaking about what we have seen and heard.”
- Ps 71:23When I sing praise to You my lips will shout for joy, along with my soul, which You have redeemed.
- Rev 7:12saying, “Amen! Blessing and glory and wisdom and thanks and honor and power and strength be to our God forever and ever! Amen.”
- Gen 49:6May I never enter their council; may I never join their assembly. For they kill men in their anger, and hamstring oxen on a whim.
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