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Psalm 118:21

I will give thanks to you, for you have answered me, and have become my salvation.

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.
22The stone which the builders rejected has become the cornerstone.
23This is the LORD’s doing. It is marvelous in our eyes.
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The words “you have answered me” give thanksgiving a history: the speaker addresses the same God who heard him and became his salvation.

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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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Psalm 27:1By David. The LORD is my light and my salvation. Whom shall I fear? The LORD is the strength of my life. Of whom shall I be afraid?Both speakers name the LORD as their salvation; Psalm 27 connects that confession with freedom from fear.
Luke 1:13But the angel said to him, “Don’t be afraid, Zacharias, because your request has been heard. Your wife, Elizabeth, will bear you a son, and you shall call his …Both passages speak of prayer being heard: the psalm offers thanks, and the angel tells Zacharias his request has been heard.
Psalm 116:1I love the LORD, because he listens to my voice, and my cries for mercy.Both speakers respond to God’s hearing them, one with thanks and the other with love.
Psalm 69:30I will praise the name of God with a song, and will magnify him with thanksgiving.Both speakers declare their intent to thank God; Psalm 69 joins that thanksgiving to praise through song.
Exodus 15:2The LORD is my strength and song. He has become my salvation. This is my God, and I will praise him; my father’s God, and I will exalt him.Both declare that the LORD has become the speaker’s salvation and respond with words of thanks or praise.
Job 13:16This also will be my salvation, that a godless man will not come before him.Both mention salvation, though Job’s statement concerns the godless coming before God and the psalm’s concerns answered prayer.
Isaiah 12:2Behold, God is my salvation. I will trust, and will not be afraid; for the LORD, the LORD, is my strength and song; and he has become my salvation.”Both name God as salvation; Isaiah joins this confession to trust and the resolve to live without fear.
Isaiah 49:8The LORD says, “I have answered you in an acceptable time. I have helped you in a day of salvation. I will preserve you and give you for a covenant of the …Both connect God’s answer with salvation: the psalm thanks him, while Isaiah records his promise of help and preservation.
Psalm 118:14The LORD is my strength and song. He has become my salvation.Both verses in this psalm declare that the LORD has become the speaker’s salvation.
Where this verse fits

Answered prayer. gratitude. praise and worship.

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Encouragement

Your thanks need no grand words. The speaker names what God has done and speaks his gratitude to him: God has answered and has become his salvation.

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