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I will praise You, O Lord my God, with all my heart, And I will glorify Your name forevermore.
Psalms 86:12 · New King James Version
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.
  • BSB I will praise You, O Lord my God, with all my heart; I will glorify Your name forever.
  • 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.

Cross-references & the web

Cross-references · 18

  • Deut 6:5You shall love Yahweh your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your might.
  • Ps 146:1–2Praise Yah! Praise Yahweh, my soul.
  • Rom 15:6that with one accord you may with one mouth glorify the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.
  • Rev 19:5–6A voice came from the throne, saying, “Give praise to our God, all you his servants, you who fear him, the small and the great!”
  • 1 Cor 6:20for you were bought with a price. Therefore glorify God in your body and in your spirit, which are God’s.
  • Isa 12:1In that day you will say, “I will give thanks to you, Yahweh; for though you were angry with me, your anger has turned away and you comfort me.
  • 1 Cor 10:31Whether therefore you eat, or drink, or whatever you do, do all to the glory of God.
  • Ps 104:33I will sing to Yahweh as long as I live. I will sing praise to my God while I have any being.
  • Eph 5:19speaking to one another in psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs; singing, and making melody in your heart to the Lord;
  • Prov 3:5–6Trust in Yahweh with all your heart, and don’t lean on your own understanding.
  • Ps 145:1–5A praise psalm by David. I will exalt you, my God, the King. I will praise your name forever and ever.
  • Rev 5:9–13They sang a new song, saying, “You are worthy to take the book, and to open its seals: for you were killed, and bought us for God with your blood, out of every tribe, language, people, and nation,
  • Ps 9:1For the Chief Musician. Set to “The Death of the Son.” A Psalm by David. I will give thanks to Yahweh with my whole heart. I will tell of all your marvelous works.
  • Ps 103:1–3By David. Praise Yahweh, my soul! All that is within me, praise his holy name!
  • 1 Chr 29:13Now therefore, our God, we thank you, and praise your glorious name.
  • 1 Chr 29:20Then David said to all the assembly, “Now bless Yahweh your God!” All the assembly blessed Yahweh, the God of their fathers, and bowed down their heads and prostrated themselves before Yahweh and the king.
  • Ps 34:1By David; when he pretended to be insane before Abimelech, who drove him away, and he departed. I will bless Yahweh at all times. His praise will always be in my mouth.
  • Acts 8:36As they went on the way, they came to some water, and the eunuch said, “Behold, here is water. What is keeping me from being baptized?”

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  • VideoBibleProject — Psalms videosBibleProject · Lay · Free · evangelical

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  • CommentaryEnduring Word — verse-by-verseDavid Guzik · Lay · Free · evangelical

    Clear, readable, conservative exposition — the best free place to start on any passage.

  • CommentaryClassic commentaries for this verseBibleHub (20+ works) · Pastoral · Free

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  • CommentaryMatthew Henry on PsalmsMatthew Henry · Pastoral · Free · evangelical

    The beloved Puritan exposition of this whole book — warm, devotional, and verse by verse (free, CCEL).

  • ReferenceInterlinear, lexicon & Strong'sBlue Letter Bible · Seminary · Free

    Hebrew/Greek interlinear, word definitions, and cross-references for this verse.

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 86:12 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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