I will give You thanks in the great congregation; I will praise You among a mighty people.
Parallel translations
- WEB I will give you thanks in the great assembly. I will praise you among many people.
- KJV I will give thee thanks in the great congregation: I will praise thee among much 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.
- 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 your name to my brothers. Among of the congregation I will sing your praise.”
- Ps 22:22–25I will declare your name to my brothers. Among the assembly, I will praise you.
- Ps 116:18I will pay my vows to Yahweh, yes, in the presence of all his people,
- Isa 25:3Therefore a strong people will glorify you. A city of awesome nations will fear you.
- Ps 116:14I will pay my vows to Yahweh, yes, in the presence of all his people.
- Ps 67:1–4For the Chief Musician. With stringed instruments. A Psalm. A song. May God be merciful to us, bless us, and cause his face to shine on us. Selah.
- Ps 22:31They shall come and shall declare his righteousness to a people that shall be born, for he has done it.
- Rom 15:9and that the Gentiles might glorify God for his mercy. As it is written, “Therefore will I give praise to you among the Gentiles, and sing to your name.”
- Ps 117:1–2Praise Yahweh, all you nations! Extol him, all you peoples!
- Ps 40:9–10I have proclaimed glad news of righteousness in the great assembly. Behold, I will not seal my lips, Yahweh, you know.
- 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 will give you thanks, Yahweh, for they have heard the words of your mouth.
- Ps 111:1Praise Yah! I will give thanks to Yahweh with my whole heart, in the council of the upright, and in the congregation.
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