For 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.
Parallel translations
- WEB For 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.
- KJV I will praise thee, O LORD, with my whole heart; I will shew forth all thy marvellous works.
- NKJV I will praise You, O Lord, with my whole heart; I will tell of all Your marvelous works.
- NASB I will give thanks to the Lord with all my heart; I will tell of all Your wonders.
- NLT I will praise you, Lord, with all my heart; I will tell of all the marvelous things you have done.
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Quick answer
David resolves to thank Yahweh with his whole heart and recount all His wonderful deeds. Wholehearted praise responds to God's mighty works.
Overview
Psalm 9 opens a song of thanksgiving for God's righteous judgments against enemies and nations. David commits his entire heart to praise, refusing half-hearted gratitude. Recounting God's marvelous works is itself an act of worship and a testimony that strengthens faith for present and future trials.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 22
- Ps 86:12I will praise You, O Lord my God, with all my heart; I will glorify Your name forever.
- 1 Chr 16:24Declare His glory among the nations, His wonderful deeds among all peoples.
- Ps 145:1–3A Psalm of praise. Of David. I will exalt You, my God and King; I will bless Your name forever and ever.
- Ps 111:1Hallelujah! I will give thanks to the LORD with all my heart in the council of the upright and in the assembly.
- Ps 103:1–2Of David. Bless the LORD, O my soul; all that is within me, bless His holy name.
- Ps 26:7to raise my voice in thanksgiving and declare all Your wonderful works.
- Ps 146:1–2Hallelujah! Praise the LORD, O my soul.
- Heb 13:15Through Jesus, therefore, let us continually offer to God a sacrifice of praise, the fruit of lips that confess His name.
- Ps 138:1Of David. I give You thanks with all my heart; before the gods I sing Your praises.
- Ps 7:17I will thank the LORD for His righteousness and sing praise to the name of the LORD Most High.
- 1 Chr 16:12Remember the wonders He has done, His marvels, and the judgments He has pronounced,
- Ps 51:15O Lord, open my lips, and my mouth will declare Your praise.
- Isa 43:21The people I formed for Myself will declare My praise.
- Luke 10:27He answered, “‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind’ and ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’”
- Rev 15:3and they sang the song of God’s servant Moses and of the Lamb: “Great and wonderful are Your works, O Lord God Almighty! Just and true are Your ways, O King of the nations!
- 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 Chr 29:10–13Then David blessed the LORD in the sight of all the assembly and said: “May You be blessed, O LORD, God of our father Israel, from everlasting to everlasting.
- Rev 5:9–14And 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 106:2Who can describe the mighty acts of the LORD or fully proclaim His praise?
- Isa 60:6Caravans of camels will cover your land, young camels of Midian and Ephah, and all from Sheba will come, bearing gold and frankincense and proclaiming the praises of the LORD.
- Ps 34:1–4Of 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.
- Ps 9:14that I may declare all Your praises—that within the gates of Daughter Zion I may rejoice in Your salvation.
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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.
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