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!
Parallel translations
- 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.
- BSB that my heart may sing Your praises and not be silent. O LORD my God, I will give thanks forever.
- 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.
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Cross-references · 13
- Ps 145:2Every day I will praise you. I will extol your name forever and ever.
- Luke 19:40He answered them, “I tell you that if these were silent, the stones would cry out.”
- Ps 16:9Therefore my heart is glad, and my tongue rejoices. My body shall also dwell in safety.
- Ps 146:1–2Praise Yah! Praise Yahweh, my soul.
- Ps 44:8In God we have made our boast all day long, we will give thanks to your name forever. Selah.
- Rev 4:8–9The four living creatures, each one of them having six wings, are full of eyes around and within. They have no rest day and night, saying, “Holy, holy, holy is the Lord God, the Almighty, who was and who is and who is to come!”
- Ps 71:14But I will always hope, and will add to all of your praise.
- Ps 13:6I will sing to Yahweh, because he has been good to me.
- Ps 57:8Wake up, my glory! Wake up, lute and harp! I will wake up the dawn.
- Acts 4:20for we can’t help telling the things which we saw and heard.”
- Ps 71:23My lips shall shout for joy! My soul, which you have redeemed, sings praises to you!
- Rev 7:12saying, “Amen! Blessing, glory, wisdom, thanksgiving, honor, power, and might, be to our God forever and ever! Amen.”
- Gen 49:6My soul, don’t come into their council. My glory, don’t be united to their assembly; for in their anger they killed men. In their self-will they hamstrung cattle.
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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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