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Psalm 86:12
I will praise you, Lord my God, with my whole heart. I will glorify your name forever more.
10For you are great, and do wondrous things. You are God alone.
11Teach me your way, LORD. I will walk in your truth. Make my heart undivided to fear your name.
12I will praise you, Lord my God, with my whole heart. I will glorify your name forever more.
13For your loving kindness is great toward me. You have delivered my soul from the lowest Sheol.
14God, the proud have risen up against me. A company of violent men have sought after my soul, and they don’t hold regard for you before them.
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“With my whole heart” follows a plea for an undivided heart, so the promise of praise grows out of dependence on God’s help.
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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 psalms pledge wholehearted praise to God, with Psalm 9 adding a promise to tell of his marvelous works.
Deuteronomy 6:5You shall love the LORD your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your might.Both texts speak of devotion to God with the whole heart: praise in the psalm and love in Deuteronomy.
Psalm 50:23Whoever offers the sacrifice of thanksgiving glorifies me, and prepares his way so that I will show God’s salvation to him.”Both texts connect praise or thanksgiving with glorifying God, making his honor central to the act.
Psalm 146:1–2Praise the LORD! Praise the LORD, my soul.Both psalms direct praise to the Lord, speaking of the heart or soul as engaged in that praise.
Ephesians 5:19speaking to one another in psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs; singing and making melody in your heart to the Lord;Both passages locate praise in the heart and direct it to the Lord; Ephesians also describes singing among believers.
Revelation 19:5–6A voice came from the throne, saying, “Give praise to our God, all you his servants, you who fear him, the small and the great!”Both passages name God as the one to be praised, with Revelation addressing all his servants.
Romans 15:6that with one accord you may with one mouth glorify the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.Both passages speak of glorifying God, with the psalm expressing a personal pledge and Romans describing united voices.
Isaiah 12:1In that day you will say, “I will give thanks to you, the LORD; for though you were angry with me, your anger has turned away and you comfort me.Both speakers address the Lord with a promise of praise or thanks; Isaiah names comfort after anger.
1 Corinthians 10:31Whether therefore you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do all to the glory of God.Both texts make God’s glory the aim, extending it across time in the psalm and across actions in Corinthians.
Proverbs 3:5–6Trust in the LORD with all your heart, and don’t lean on your own understanding.Both passages speak of the whole heart turned toward the Lord, whether in praise or in trust.
1 Corinthians 6:20for you were bought with a price. Therefore glorify God in your body and in your spirit, which are God’s.Both passages speak of glorifying God with personal devotion, naming the whole heart in the psalm and body and spirit in Corinthians.
Psalm 104:33I will sing to the LORD as long as I live. I will sing praise to my God while I have any being.Both psalms pledge enduring praise to God, extending beyond the present moment for as long as the singer can praise.
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The promise of wholehearted praise follows a request for God’s help. Even with violent enemies still near, the singer has reason to praise: God’s loving kindness is great.
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