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Psalm 116:17
I will offer to you the sacrifice of thanksgiving, and will call on the LORD’s name.
15Precious in the LORD’s sight is the death of his saints.
16LORD, truly I am your servant. I am your servant, the son of your servant girl. You have freed me from my chains.
17I will offer to you the sacrifice of thanksgiving, and will call on the LORD’s name.
18I will pay my vows to the LORD, yes, in the presence of all his people,
19in the courts of the LORD’s house, in the middle of you, Jerusalem. Praise the LORD!
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A sacrifice of thanksgiving is a deliberate response to YHWH; the servant who has been freed now has thanks to offer.
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Genesis 4:26A son was also born to Seth, and he named him Enosh. At that time men began to call on the LORD’s name.Calling on the LORD’s name is the shared act of worship in both passages.
Colossians 3:15And let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to which also you were called in one body, and be thankful.Both passages make thanksgiving part of life before God, whether expressed through sacrifice or urged upon one body.
Psalm 50:14Offer to God the sacrifice of thanksgiving. Pay your vows to the Most High.Psalm 50 commands the same sacrifice of thanksgiving that the servant in Psalm 116 pledges to offer.
Genesis 26:25He built an altar there, and called on the LORD’s name, and pitched his tent there. There Isaac’s servants dug a well.Isaac calls on the LORD’s name at an altar, while the psalm joins that calling with a thanksgiving sacrifice.
Leviticus 7:12If he offers it for a thanksgiving, then he shall offer with the sacrifice of thanksgiving unleavened cakes mixed with oil, and unleavened wafers anointed with …Both name a sacrifice of thanksgiving; Leviticus specifies the bread offerings that accompany it.
Psalm 54:6With a free will offering, I will sacrifice to you. I will give thanks to your name, LORD, for it is good.Both speakers pledge to sacrifice to the LORD and connect their offering with thanks directed to him.
Psalm 116:13I will take the cup of salvation, and call on the LORD’s name.Both verses pledge to call on the LORD’s name, joining that prayer with the cup of salvation or thanksgiving.
Psalm 107:22Let them offer the sacrifices of thanksgiving, and declare his deeds with singing.Both passages speak of thanksgiving sacrifices, with Psalm 107 also urging worshipers to declare God’s deeds in song.
Leviticus 22:29“When you sacrifice a sacrifice of thanksgiving to the LORD, you shall sacrifice it so that you may be accepted.Both name a thanksgiving sacrifice offered to the LORD; Leviticus adds instruction about offering it for acceptance.
Hebrews 13:15Through him, then, let’s offer up a sacrifice of praise to God continually, that is, the fruit of lips which proclaim allegiance to his name.Both connect an offered sacrifice with spoken worship directed toward God and his name.
Revelation 7:12saying, “Amen! Blessing, glory, wisdom, thanksgiving, honor, power, and might, be to our God forever and ever! Amen.”Thanksgiving is directed to God in both passages, as a promised sacrifice in the psalm and spoken praise in Revelation.
Genesis 13:4to the place of the altar, which he had made there at the first. There Abram called on the LORD’s name.Abram’s return to the altar and the psalmist’s thanksgiving both include calling on the LORD’s name.
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Freedom from chains leads this servant to thank YHWH and keep calling on him. Gratitude and dependence belong together in his worship.
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