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Psalm 50:23
Whoever offers the sacrifice of thanksgiving glorifies me, and prepares his way so that I will show God’s salvation to him.”
21You have done these things, and I kept silent. You thought that I was just like you. I will rebuke you, and accuse you in front of your eyes.
22“Now consider this, you who forget God, lest I tear you into pieces, and there be no one to deliver.
23Whoever offers the sacrifice of thanksgiving glorifies me, and prepares his way so that I will show God’s salvation to him.”
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The sacrifice of thanksgiving comes after a stern warning against forgetting God, giving gratitude a weight that reaches beyond good manners or a passing mood.
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Psalm 91:16I will satisfy him with long life, and show him my salvation.”Both passages contain God's promise to show salvation to a person; Psalm 91 also speaks of satisfaction with long life.
Psalm 24:4–5He who has clean hands and a pure heart; who has not lifted up his soul to falsehood, and has not sworn deceitfully.Preparing one's way in Psalm 50 shares a concern for conduct with Psalm 24's description of clean hands and truthful speech.
James 3:13Who is wise and understanding among you? Let him show by his good conduct that his deeds are done in gentleness of wisdom.James makes wisdom visible through good conduct, sharing Psalm 50's concern with the way a person lives before God.
Psalm 86:12I will praise you, Lord my God, with my whole heart. I will glorify your name forever more.Glorifying God is explicit in both passages: Psalm 50 names thanksgiving, while Psalm 86 speaks of wholehearted praise.
Psalm 22:3But you are holy, you who inhabit the praises of Israel.Both concern praise directed toward God, though Psalm 22 speaks of Israel's praises and Psalm 50 of a person's thanksgiving.
Romans 12:1Therefore I urge you, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your spiritual service.Both describe an offering to God as a sacrifice: thanksgiving in Psalm 50 and the believer's body in Romans.
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.”Salvation belongs to God in both passages: he promises to show it in Psalm 50, and Isaiah declares God himself his salvation.
John 4:24God is spirit, and those who worship him must worship in spirit and truth.”Both address worship that honors God: Psalm 50 names thanksgiving, while John names worship in spirit and truth.
Acts 13:26“Brothers, children of the stock of Abraham, and those among you who fear God, the word of this salvation is sent out to you.Both speak of salvation reaching people, though Psalm 50 presents God's promise and Acts announces a message sent to its hearers.
Philippians 1:27Only let your way of life be worthy of the Good News of Christ, that whether I come and see you or am absent, I may hear of your state, that you stand firm in …A person's way of life matters in both texts; Philippians specifies conduct worthy of the Good News of Christ.
John 7:17If anyone desires to do his will, he will know about the teaching, whether it is from God or if I am speaking from myself.Psalm 50 speaks of preparing a way and seeing salvation; John links desiring God's will with knowing a teaching's source.
Romans 1:21Because knowing God, they didn’t glorify him as God, and didn’t give thanks, but became vain in their reasoning, and their senseless heart was darkened.Thanksgiving and glorifying God appear together in both passages; Romans describes people who withheld the honor Psalm 50 commends.
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Your thanks matter to God. Even at the close of this stern rebuke, he names thanksgiving as an offering that glorifies him and speaks of showing his salvation.
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