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Psalm 95:2

Let’s come before his presence with thanksgiving. Let’s extol him with songs!

1Oh come, let’s sing to the LORD. Let’s shout aloud to the rock of our salvation!
2Let’s come before his presence with thanksgiving. Let’s extol him with songs!
3For the LORD is a great God, a great King above all gods.
4In his hand are the deep places of the earth. The heights of the mountains are also his.
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Notice

The repeated “Let’s” makes thanksgiving a shared act: people come before God together, and their gratitude takes the form of songs that honor him.

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Where else Scripture says this

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

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Ephesians 5:19speaking to one another in psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs; singing and making melody in your heart to the Lord;Both describe praise through song as a shared practice, with voices directed toward the Lord.
Psalm 100:2Serve the LORD with gladness. Come before his presence with singing.Both urge people to come before the LORD’s presence with singing.
Psalm 100:4Enter into his gates with thanksgiving, and into his courts with praise. Give thanks to him, and bless his name.Both name thanksgiving as part of approaching God and join it with praise offered to him.
Jeremiah 31:12–13They will come and sing in the height of Zion, and will flow to the goodness of the LORD, to the grain, to the new wine, to the oil, and to the young of the …Both describe people coming with songs, turning toward the LORD in praise.
Psalm 105:2Sing to him, sing praises to him! Tell of all his marvelous works.Both urge singing praise to God; Psalm 105 also names telling of his marvelous works.
1 Chronicles 16:29Ascribe to the LORD the glory due to his name. Bring an offering, and come before him. Worship the LORD in holy array.Both urge people to come before the LORD and honor him, through thanksgiving and songs or offerings and worship.
Micah 6:6How shall I come before the LORD, and bow myself before the exalted God? Shall I come before him with burnt offerings, with calves a year old?Both speak of coming before God; Micah asks what to bring, while Psalm 95 names thanksgiving and songs.
James 5:13Is any among you suffering? Let him pray. Is any cheerful? Let him sing praises.Both encourage songs of praise; James names cheerfulness as an occasion for singing.
Psalm 17:13Arise, LORD, confront him. Cast him down. Deliver my soul from the wicked by your sword,The shared thread is turning toward the LORD: Psalm 17 seeks deliverance from the wicked, while Psalm 95 urges thanksgiving.
Revelation 7:12saying, “Amen! Blessing, glory, wisdom, thanksgiving, honor, power, and might, be to our God forever and ever! Amen.”Both join thanksgiving with praise offered to God, honoring him through spoken or sung words.
Where this verse fits

Gratitude. praise and worship.

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One step

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Encouragement

Your voice has a place in this shared praise. The God approached with thanksgiving is the great King, worthy of songs that honor him.

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