I will praise You, O Lord my God, with all my heart; I will glorify Your name forever.
Parallel translations
- WEB I will praise you, Lord my God, with my whole heart. I will glorify your name forever more.
- KJV I will praise thee, O Lord my God, with all my heart: and I will glorify thy name for evermore.
- NKJV I will praise You, O Lord my God, with all my heart, And I will glorify Your name forevermore.
- NASB I will give thanks to You, Lord my God, with all my heart, And I will glorify Your name forever.
- NLT With all my heart I will praise you, O Lord my God. I will give glory to your name forever,
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Quick answer
David resolves to praise God with his whole heart and glorify His name forever. Wholehearted, everlasting praise is the response to God's grace.
Overview
Flowing from the prayer for an undivided heart (v. 11), David vows total and eternal praise. Worship is the natural fruit of a heart God has unified. This unending glorification of God's name finds its consummation in the worship of the redeemed who, through Christ, praise Him forever.
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Cross-references · 18
- Deut 6:5And you shall love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength.
- Ps 146:1–2Hallelujah! Praise the LORD, O my soul.
- Rom 15:6so that with one mind and one voice you may glorify the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.
- Rev 19:5–6Then a voice came from the throne, saying: “Praise our God, all you who serve Him, and those who fear Him, small and great alike!”
- 1 Cor 6:20you were bought at a price. Therefore glorify God with your body.
- Isa 12:1In that day you will say: “O LORD, I will praise You. Although You were angry with me, Your anger has turned away, and You have comforted me.
- 1 Cor 10:31So whether you eat or drink or whatever you do, do it all to the glory of God.
- Ps 104:33I will sing to the LORD all my life; I will sing praise to my God while I have my being.
- Eph 5:19Speak to one another with psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs. Sing and make music in your hearts to the Lord,
- Prov 3:5–6Trust in the LORD with all your heart, and lean not on your own understanding;
- Ps 145:1–5A Psalm of praise. Of David. I will exalt You, my God and King; I will bless Your name forever and ever.
- Rev 5:9–13And they sang a new song: “Worthy are You to take the scroll and open its seals, because You were slain, and by Your blood You purchased for God those from every tribe and tongue and people and nation.
- Ps 9:1For the choirmaster. To the tune of “The Death of the Son.” A Psalm of David. I will give thanks to the LORD with all my heart; I will recount all Your wonders.
- Ps 103:1–3Of David. Bless the LORD, O my soul; all that is within me, bless His holy name.
- 1 Chr 29:13Now therefore, our God, we give You thanks, and we praise Your glorious name.
- 1 Chr 29:20Then David said to the whole assembly, “Blessed be the LORD your God.” So the whole assembly blessed the LORD, the God of their fathers. They bowed down and paid homage to the LORD and to the king.
- Ps 34:1Of David, when he pretended to be insane before Abimelech, so that the king drove him away. I will bless the LORD at all times; His praise will always be on my lips.
- Acts 8:36As they traveled along the road and came to some water, the eunuch said, “Look, here is water! What is there to prevent me from being baptized?”
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