I will give thee thanks in the great congregation: I will praise thee among much people.
Parallel translations
- WEB I will give you thanks in the great assembly. I will praise you among many people.
- BSB Then I will give You thanks in the great assembly; I will praise You among many people.
- NKJV I will give You thanks in the great assembly; I will praise You among many people.
- NASB I will give You thanks in the great congregation; I will praise You among a mighty people.
- NLT Then I will thank you in front of the great assembly. I will praise you before all the people.
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Quick answer
David vows to give thanks to God in the great assembly, among many people.
Overview
Anticipating deliverance, David pledges public thanksgiving in the congregation. His private rescue is meant to overflow into corporate praise. This vow points to Christ, who declares God's name among his people and leads them in praise (Hebrews 2:12).
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 13
- Heb 2:12Saying, I will declare thy name unto my brethren, in the midst of the church will I sing praise unto thee.
- Ps 22:22–25I will declare thy name unto my brethren: in the midst of the congregation will I praise thee.
- Ps 116:18I will pay my vows unto the LORD now in the presence of all his people,
- Isa 25:3Therefore shall the strong people glorify thee, the city of the terrible nations shall fear thee.
- Ps 116:14I will pay my vows unto the LORD now in the presence of all his people.
- Ps 67:1–4God be merciful unto us, and bless us; and cause his face to shine upon us; Selah.
- Ps 22:31They shall come, and shall declare his righteousness unto a people that shall be born, that he hath done this.
- Rom 15:9And that the Gentiles might glorify God for his mercy; as it is written, For this cause I will confess to thee among the Gentiles, and sing unto thy name.
- Ps 117:1–2O Praise the LORD, all ye nations: praise him, all ye people.
- Ps 40:9–10I have preached righteousness in the great congregation: lo, I have not refrained my lips, O LORD, thou knowest.
- Ps 69:30–34I will praise the name of God with a song, and will magnify him with thanksgiving.
- Ps 138:4–5All the kings of the earth shall praise thee, O LORD, when they hear the words of thy mouth.
- Ps 111:1Praise ye the LORD. I will praise the LORD with my whole heart, in the assembly of the upright, and in the congregation.
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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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