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Psalm 35:18

I will give you thanks in the great assembly. I will praise you among many people.

16Like the profane mockers in feasts, they gnashed their teeth at me.
17Lord, how long will you look on? Rescue my soul from their destruction, my precious life from the lions.
18I will give you thanks in the great assembly. I will praise you among many people.
19Don’t let those who are my enemies wrongfully rejoice over me; neither let those who hate me without a cause wink their eyes.
20For they don’t speak peace, but they devise deceitful words against those who are quiet in the land.
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The great assembly is where David intends to thank God, even as the surrounding prayer speaks of danger and asks how long rescue will take.

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Where else Scripture says this

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

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Psalm 22:25My praise of you comes in the great assembly. I will pay my vows before those who fear him.Both verses speak of praise in the great assembly, where others hear the speaker’s devotion to God.
Psalm 111:1Praise the LORD! I will give thanks to the LORD with my whole heart, in the council of the upright, and in the congregation.Both verses express a resolve to thank God in a gathering of his people.
Hebrews 2:12saying, “I will declare your name to my brothers. Among the congregation I will sing your praise.”Both texts speak of praising God among a congregation, making praise something others can hear.
Psalm 40:9I have proclaimed glad news of righteousness in the great assembly. Behold, I will not seal my lips, LORD, you know.The great assembly is the setting for both promised thanks and an open proclamation of righteousness.
Psalm 109:30I will give great thanks to the LORD with my mouth. Yes, I will praise him among the multitude.Both verses promise spoken thanks to God and praise among many people.
Isaiah 25:3Therefore a strong people will glorify you. A city of awesome nations will fear you.Both texts look toward God receiving honor in a public setting, though Isaiah speaks of peoples and a city.
Romans 15:9and that the Gentiles might glorify God for his mercy. As it is written, “Therefore I will give praise to you among the Gentiles and sing to your name.”Both texts speak of praise to God among others; Romans names the Gentiles and God’s mercy.
Where this verse fits

Praise and worship. gratitude. waiting.

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Share one reason for thanks with someone at church

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Encouragement

Giving thanks among God’s people need not mean every trouble has ended; David promises praise while his plea for rescue is still on his lips.

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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).