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Whoso offereth praise glorifieth me: and to him that ordereth his conversation aright will I shew the salvation of God.
Psalms 50:23 · King James Version
Parallel translations
  • WEB Whoever offers the sacrifice of thanksgiving glorifies me, and prepares his way so that I will show God’s salvation to him.”
  • BSB He who sacrifices a thank offering honors Me, and to him who rights his way, I will show the salvation of God.”
  • NKJV Whoever offers praise glorifies Me; And to him who orders his conduct aright I will show the salvation of God.”
  • NASB “He who offers a sacrifice of thanksgiving honors Me; And to him who sets his way properly I will show the salvation of God.”
  • NLT But giving thanks is a sacrifice that truly honors me. If you keep to my path, I will reveal to you the salvation of God.”

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Quick answer

Thankful worship glorifies God, and the one who orders his life rightly will see God's salvation. Grateful obedience is the path to deliverance.

Overview

The psalm closes by returning to its positive theme: the 'sacrifice of thanksgiving' honors God, and the one who walks uprightly will be shown God's salvation. True worship unites grateful praise with godly living. The promise to 'see God's salvation' points ahead to the full salvation revealed in Christ.

Cross-references & the web

Cross-references · 29

  • Ps 91:16With long life will I satisfy him, and shew him my salvation.
  • Jas 3:13Who is a wise man and endued with knowledge among you? let him shew out of a good conversation his works with meekness of wisdom.
  • Ps 24:4–5He that hath clean hands, and a pure heart; who hath not lifted up his soul unto vanity, nor sworn deceitfully.
  • Rom 12:1I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service.
  • Ps 86:12I will praise thee, O Lord my God, with all my heart: and I will glorify thy name for evermore.
  • Ps 50:14–15Offer unto God thanksgiving; and pay thy vows unto the most High:
  • Ps 25:14The secret of the LORD is with them that fear him; and he will shew them his covenant.
  • Isa 12:2Behold, God is my salvation; I will trust, and not be afraid: for the LORD JEHOVAH is my strength and my song; he also is become my salvation.
  • Acts 13:26Men and brethren, children of the stock of Abraham, and whosoever among you feareth God, to you is the word of this salvation sent.
  • John 7:17If any man will do his will, he shall know of the doctrine, whether it be of God, or whether I speak of myself.
  • Phil 1:27Only let your conversation be as it becometh the gospel of Christ: that whether I come and see you, or else be absent, I may hear of your affairs, that ye stand fast in one spirit, with one mind striving together for the faith of the gospel;
  • Luke 2:30For mine eyes have seen thy salvation,
  • Ps 85:13Righteousness shall go before him; and shall set us in the way of his steps.
  • Ps 86:9All nations whom thou hast made shall come and worship before thee, O Lord; and shall glorify thy name.
  • Gal 1:24And they glorified God in me.
  • Rom 15:6That ye may with one mind and one mouth glorify God, even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.
  • 1 Pet 2:9But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light:
  • Gal 6:16And as many as walk according to this rule, peace be on them, and mercy, and upon the Israel of God.
  • 1 Pet 1:15But as he which hath called you is holy, so be ye holy in all manner of conversation;
  • Acts 10:2–4A devout man, and one that feared God with all his house, which gave much alms to the people, and prayed to God alway.
  • 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.
  • John 8:31–32Then said Jesus to those Jews which believed on him, If ye continue in my word, then are ye my disciples indeed;
  • Ps 85:9Surely his salvation is nigh them that fear him; that glory may dwell in our land.
  • Acts 11:14Who shall tell thee words, whereby thou and all thy house shall be saved.
  • Isa 45:17But Israel shall be saved in the LORD with an everlasting salvation: ye shall not be ashamed nor confounded world without end.
  • Ps 22:23Ye that fear the LORD, praise him; all ye the seed of Jacob, glorify him; and fear him, all ye the seed of Israel.
  • Isa 51:5–6My righteousness is near; my salvation is gone forth, and mine arms shall judge the people; the isles shall wait upon me, and on mine arm shall they trust.
  • Ps 27:6And now shall mine head be lifted up above mine enemies round about me: therefore will I offer in his tabernacle sacrifices of joy; I will sing, yea, I will sing praises unto the LORD.
  • Isa 49:6And he said, It is a light thing that thou shouldest be my servant to raise up the tribes of Jacob, and to restore the preserved of Israel: I will also give thee for a light to the Gentiles, that thou mayest be my salvation unto the end of the earth.

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Christ at the center

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.

How Psalms 50:23 points to him is part of the one story that runs through all Scripture — meet Jesus at the heart of the web, or follow a trail that traces him from Genesis to Revelation.

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