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Psalm 116:19

in the courts of the LORD’s house, in the middle of you, Jerusalem. Praise the LORD!

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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Notice

The courts of YHWH’s house give thanksgiving a public setting, where one person’s gratitude is spoken in the presence of God’s people.

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Where else Scripture says this

6 passages readers most often link with this verse, and the thread each one shares with it.

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Psalm 96:8Ascribe to the LORD the glory due to his name. Bring an offering, and come into his courts.Both passages connect coming into the LORD’s courts with honoring him, through praise in Psalm 116 and an offering in Psalm 96.
Psalm 135:2you who stand in the LORD’s house, in the courts of our God’s house.Both passages place people in the courts of the LORD’s house.
Psalm 92:13They are planted in the LORD’s house. They will flourish in our God’s courts.The LORD’s house and courts appear in both passages, as places of praise here and flourishing in Psalm 92.
Exodus 27:9“You shall make the court of the tabernacle: for the south side southward there shall be hangings for the court of fine twined linen one hundred cubits long …Both passages name a court belonging to a place of worship, though Exodus describes the tabernacle’s construction.
Psalm 100:4Enter into his gates with thanksgiving, and into his courts with praise. Give thanks to him, and bless his name.Both passages connect the LORD’s courts with praise, making worship something expressed in a named place.
2 Chronicles 6:6but now I have chosen Jerusalem, that my name might be there; and I have chosen David to be over my people Israel.’Both passages name Jerusalem: the psalm locates praise there, and Chronicles records God’s choice of the city for his name.
Where this verse fits

Gratitude. praise and worship.

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Encouragement

Your thanks to God have a place among his people. The psalm closes in Jerusalem, where the worshiper’s vows and thanksgiving lead to praise of YHWH.

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Cross-reference data from OpenBible.info (CC BY). Scripture from the World English Bible (public domain). Arc diagram after Chris Harrison and Christoph Römhild (2007).