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Psalm 118:28

You are my God, and I will give thanks to you. You are my God, I will exalt you.

26Blessed is he who comes in the LORD’s name! We have blessed you out of the LORD’s house.
27The LORD is God, and he has given us light. Bind the sacrifice with cords, even to the horns of the altar.
28You are my God, and I will give thanks to you. You are my God, I will exalt you.
29Oh give thanks to the LORD, for he is good, for his loving kindness endures forever.
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Notice

“You are my God” appears twice, making each pledge of praise personal: the speaker knows whom the thanks are for and whom to honor.

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Where else Scripture says this

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

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Isaiah 25:1The LORD, you are my God. I will exalt you! I will praise your name, for you have done wonderful things, things planned long ago, in complete faithfulness and …Both speakers confess that the Lord is their God and pledge to exalt him.
Psalm 63:1A Psalm by David, when he was in the desert of Judah. God, you are my God. I will earnestly seek you. My soul thirsts for you. My flesh longs for you, in a dry …Both address God as “my God”; Psalm 118 follows with thanks, while Psalm 63 follows with seeking and thirst.
Psalm 146:2While I live, I will praise the LORD. I will sing praises to my God as long as I exist.Both speakers name God as their own and express a resolve to praise him.
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 join a personal confession of God with a pledge to praise and exalt him.
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 express personal confidence in God, with Psalm 118 pledging thanks and Isaiah declaring trust in God as salvation.
Isaiah 25:9It shall be said in that day, “Behold, this is our God! We have waited for him, and he will save us! This is the LORD! We have waited for him. We will be glad …Both connect acknowledging God as their God with a resolve to express joy or praise.
Daniel 6:22My God has sent his angel, and has shut the lions’ mouths, and they have not hurt me, because innocence was found in me before him; and also before you, O …Both speakers say “my God”; Daniel recounts protection from lions, while the psalmist pledges thanks and exaltation.
Hosea 2:23I will sow her to me in the earth; and I will have mercy on her who had not obtained mercy; and I will tell those who were not my people, ‘You are my people;’ …Both contain a direct confession that God is the speaker’s God, though Hosea sets that confession within a promise of mercy.
Psalm 145:1A praise psalm by David. I will exalt you, my God, the King. I will praise your name forever and ever.Both address God as “my God” and pledge to exalt him.
Psalm 143:10Teach me to do your will, for you are my God. Your Spirit is good. Lead me in the land of uprightness.Both address God as their God; one pledges thanks, while the other asks for teaching and guidance.
1 Chronicles 16:14He is the LORD our God. His judgments are in all the earth.Both acknowledge God as the God of those speaking, with a personal confession in the psalm and a shared confession in Chronicles.
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Encouragement

Your thanks can begin with these few words. The speaker repeats the same confession before each pledge of praise: “You are my God.” God himself is worthy of honor.

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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).