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Psalm 26:7

that I may make the voice of thanksgiving to be heard and tell of all your wondrous deeds.

6I will wash my hands in innocence, so I will go about your altar, LORD,
7that I may make the voice of thanksgiving to be heard and tell of all your wondrous deeds.
8LORD, I love the habitation of your house, the place where your glory dwells.
9Don’t gather my soul with sinners, nor my life with bloodthirsty men
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Thanksgiving takes a voice here, joining gratitude to the telling of God’s deeds where others can hear what he has done.

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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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Psalm 9:1For the Chief Musician. Set to “The Death of the Son.” A Psalm by David. I will give thanks to the LORD with my whole heart. I will tell of all your marvelous …Both verses join thanksgiving to telling of God’s works, making what God has done the subject of praise.
Psalm 71:17–19God, you have taught me from my youth. Until now, I have declared your wondrous works.Declaring God’s wondrous works is the shared thread, with Psalm 71 tracing that speech back to God’s teaching from youth.
Psalm 145:5I will meditate on the glorious majesty of your honor, on your wondrous works.God’s wondrous works occupy both worshipers: one speaks of them, while the other meditates on them.
Psalm 26:12My foot stands in an even place. In the congregations I will bless the LORD.The desire to make thanksgiving heard finds a shared setting in the same psalm’s promise to bless the LORD among congregations.
Acts 2:11Cretans and Arabians—we hear them speaking in our languages the mighty works of God!”Both texts describe God’s works being spoken aloud and heard, with Acts naming listeners who hear in their own languages.
1 Samuel 1:27I prayed for this child, and the LORD has given me my petition which I asked of him.Hannah names a specific act of God in answering her petition, sharing the psalm’s concern to tell what God has done.
Luke 19:37–40As he was now getting near, at the descent of the Mount of Olives, the whole multitude of the disciples began to rejoice and praise God with a loud voice for …Audible praise for God’s mighty deeds joins these passages, with Luke describing disciples praising God for works they had seen.
2 Chronicles 20:26–29On the fourth day, they assembled themselves in Beracah Valley, for there they blessed the LORD. Therefore the name of that place was called “Beracah Valley” …Spoken praise of the LORD connects these texts, with Chronicles describing an assembled people blessing him in Beracah Valley.
1 Samuel 1:24When she had weaned him, she took him up with her, with three bulls, and one ephah of meal, and a container of wine, and brought him to the LORD’s house in …The shared thread is approaching the LORD’s place of worship; Hannah’s arrival does not itself include spoken thanksgiving.
Isaiah 45:21Declare and present it. Yes, let them take counsel together. Who has shown this from ancient time? Who has declared it of old? Haven’t I, the LORD? There is no …The connection is limited to declaration concerning God: the psalm tells his deeds, while Isaiah records his claim to be the sole God.
Deuteronomy 26:2–10that you shall take some of the first of all the fruit of the ground, which you shall bring in from your land that the LORD your God gives you. You shall put …Both describe approaching the LORD’s place of worship, though one emphasizes spoken thanks and the other bringing firstfruits.
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Encouragement

Your thanksgiving has something to speak about: the deeds of God. Here, the worshiper approaches his altar with praise whose substance is what God has done.

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