I will praise thee, O Lord my God, with all my heart: and I will glorify thy name for evermore.
Parallel translations
- WEB I will praise you, Lord my God, with my whole heart. I will glorify your name forever more.
- BSB I will praise You, O Lord my God, with all my heart; I will glorify Your name forever.
- 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 thou shalt love the LORD thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might.
- Ps 146:1–2Praise ye the LORD. Praise the LORD, O my soul.
- Rom 15:6That ye may with one mind and one mouth glorify God, even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.
- Rev 19:5–6And a voice came out of the throne, saying, Praise our God, all ye his servants, and ye that fear him, both small and great.
- 1 Cor 6:20For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God’s.
- Isa 12:1And in that day thou shalt say, O LORD, I will praise thee: though thou wast angry with me, thine anger is turned away, and thou comfortedst me.
- 1 Cor 10:31Whether therefore ye eat, or drink, or whatsoever ye do, do all to the glory of God.
- Ps 104:33I will sing unto the LORD as long as I live: I will sing praise to my God while I have my being.
- Eph 5:19Speaking to yourselves in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody in your heart to the Lord;
- Prov 3:5–6Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding.
- Ps 145:1–5I will extol thee, my God, O king; and I will bless thy name for ever and ever.
- Rev 5:9–13And they sung a new song, saying, Thou art worthy to take the book, and to open the seals thereof: for thou wast slain, and hast redeemed us to God by thy blood out of every kindred, and tongue, and people, and nation;
- Ps 9:1I will praise thee, O LORD, with my whole heart; I will shew forth all thy marvellous works.
- Ps 103:1–3Bless the LORD, O my soul: and all that is within me, bless his holy name.
- 1 Chr 29:13Now therefore, our God, we thank thee, and praise thy glorious name.
- 1 Chr 29:20And David said to all the congregation, Now bless the LORD your God. And all the congregation blessed the LORD God of their fathers, and bowed down their heads, and worshipped the LORD, and the king.
- Ps 34:1I will bless the LORD at all times: his praise shall continually be in my mouth.
- Acts 8:36And as they went on their way, they came unto a certain water: and the eunuch said, See, here is water; what doth hinder me to be baptized?
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