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Psalm 69:30

I will praise the name of God with a song, and will magnify him with thanksgiving.

28Let them be blotted out of the book of life, and not be written with the righteous.
29But I am in pain and distress. Let your salvation, God, protect me.
30I will praise the name of God with a song, and will magnify him with thanksgiving.
31It will please the LORD better than an ox, or a bull that has horns and hoofs.
32The humble have seen it, and are glad. You who seek after God, let your heart live.
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Notice

A song of thanksgiving follows a plea from pain and distress, so the resolve to praise comes before the psalm has described relief.

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Where else Scripture says this

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

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Psalm 34:3Oh magnify the LORD with me. Let’s exalt his name together.Both verses speak of magnifying God and honoring his name, with Psalm 34 asking others to join the praise.
Psalm 28:7The LORD is my strength and my shield. My heart has trusted in him, and I am helped. Therefore my heart greatly rejoices. With my song I will thank him.Both verses join song with thanksgiving to God; Psalm 28 names the help received as the reason for rejoicing.
Psalm 118:28–29You are my God, and I will give thanks to you. You are my God, I will exalt you.Both speakers resolve to give thanks to God and exalt him.
Psalm 40:1–3For the Chief Musician. A Psalm by David. I waited patiently for the LORD. He turned to me, and heard my cry.Both passages turn toward God, though one promises praise and the other recalls a cry being heard.
Where this verse fits

Gratitude. praise and worship. grief.

What the Bible says about gratitude →What the Bible says about worship →What the Bible says about grief →
One step

Something small to carry out of this verse

Sing a short song of thanks to God

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Encouragement

Thanksgiving need not erase distress. Here, the same speaker asks for protection and promises a song; his pain remains part of the prayer that honors God.

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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).