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Psalm 118:19

Open to me the gates of righteousness. I will enter into them. I will give thanks to the LORD.

17I will not die, but live, and declare the LORD’s works.
18The LORD has punished me severely, but he has not given me over to death.
19Open to me the gates of righteousness. I will enter into them. I will give thanks to the LORD.
20This is the gate of the LORD; the righteous will enter into it.
21I will give thanks to you, for you have answered me, and have become my salvation.
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Notice

The request to open the gates turns survival into a desire to worship: the speaker wants to enter with thanks to YHWH.

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Where else Scripture says this

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

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Isaiah 26:2Open the gates, that the righteous nation may enter: the one which keeps faith.Both passages ask for gates to open and connect entry with righteousness.
Revelation 22:14Blessed are those who do his commandments, that they may have the right to the tree of life, and may enter in by the gates into the city.Both passages connect entry through gates with righteousness or obedience, while Revelation names the city and the tree of life.
Psalm 66:13I will come into your temple with burnt offerings. I will pay my vows to you,Both speakers resolve to enter a place of worship, bringing thanks in Psalm 118 and offerings in Psalm 66.
Psalm 100:4Enter into his gates with thanksgiving, and into his courts with praise. Give thanks to him, and bless his name.Both passages join entering God’s gates with giving thanks to him.
Psalm 9:13–14Have mercy on me, LORD. See my affliction by those who hate me, and lift me up from the gates of death,Both use gates as a threshold: Psalm 9 seeks escape from death, while Psalm 118 seeks entry for thanksgiving.
Psalm 122:4where the tribes go up, even the LORD’s tribes, according to an ordinance for Israel, to give thanks to the LORD’s name.Both passages describe movement toward worship with the stated purpose of giving thanks to the LORD.
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 texts describe praise directed to God, expressed through thanksgiving in the psalm and spoken allegiance in Hebrews.
Isaiah 38:20The LORD will save me. Therefore we will sing my songs with stringed instruments all the days of our life in the LORD’s house.Both passages look toward worship of the LORD, with thanks at the gates and songs in his house.
Isaiah 38:22Hezekiah also had said, “What is the sign that I will go up to the LORD’s house?”Both speakers look toward entering the LORD’s place of worship, one requesting open gates and the other asking for a sign.
Where this verse fits

Gratitude. praise and worship. answered prayer.

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One step

Something small to carry out of this verse

Speak one specific thanks to YHWH

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Encouragement

The surrounding verses name severe hardship before this request to enter. Your thanks need not erase what hurt; the speaker praises YHWH who answered him.

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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).