You are my God, and I will give thanks to you. You are my God, I will exalt you.
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You are my God, and I will give thanks to you. You are my God, I will exalt you.
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Thou art my God, and I will praise thee: thou art my God, I will exalt thee.
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Thou art my God, and I will give thanks unto Thee; Thou art my God, I will exalt Thee.
Cross-references (6)
Passages linked to Psalms 118:28 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Isaiah 25:1 Yahweh, you are my God. I will exalt you! I will praise your name, for you have done wonderful things, things planned long ago, in complete faithfulness and truth.
- Psalms 146:2 While I live, I will praise Yahweh. I will sing praises to my God as long as I exist.
- Exodus 15:2 Yah is my strength and song. He has become my salvation. This is my God, and I will praise him; my father’s God, and I will exalt him.
- Isaiah 12:2 Behold, God is my salvation. I will trust, and will not be afraid; for Yah, Yahweh, is my strength and song; and he has become my salvation.”
- Isaiah 25:9 It shall be said in that day, “Behold, this is our God! We have waited for him, and he will save us! This is Yahweh! We have waited for him. We will be glad and rejoice in his salvation!”
- Psalms 145:1 I will exalt you, my God, the King. I will praise your name forever and ever.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain Psa 118:28 Thou [art] my God, and I will…
Psa 118:28 Thou [art] my God, and I will praise thee: [thou art] my God, I will exalt thee.
Ver. 28. Thou art my God, and I will praise thee] The people are taught to say thus; and the Greek, Arabic, and Latin translations repeat here, Psa 118:21, "I will praise thee, for thou hast heard me; and art become my salvation." People can never be sufficiently thankful for their salvation by Christ. It is their duty, and should be their desire.
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Joseph Benson 1811 · Public Domain Psa 118:28-29. Thou art my God, and I will…
Psa 118:28-29. Thou art my God, and I will praise thee, &c. — In these verses the psalmist subjoins his own thankful acknowledgments of divine goodness, in which he calls upon others to join with him, and give thanks unto the Lord, because his mercy endureth for ever — Thus he concludes the Psalm as he began it, Psa 118:1, for God’s glory must be the Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end, of all our addresses to him.
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Albert Barnes 1834 · Public Domain Thou art my God, and I will praise thee…
Thou art my God, and I will praise thee - This is the language of the author of the psalm - his solemn profession before the sanctuary and the altar; his response to the priesthood. In Psa 118:27, they had declared that “Jehovah alone was God;” to this he now replies, that he acknowledges, it; he recognizes him as the true God, and as his God; he comes to praise him; and he professes his purpose always to exalt him as his God.
Thou art my God, I will exalt thee - Repeating the solemn declaration that Yahweh alone was the God whom he worshipped, and that it was his purpose always to magnify his name.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 28. I will praise thee] Rather, I will give…
28. I will praise thee] Rather, I will give thanks unto thee, as in Psa_118:29. The verse is another echo of Exo_15:2.
thou art my God] So the LXX. The Heb. text has, O my God. The word for ‘God’ in the preceding line is El, here it is Elôhîm. At the end of the verse the LXX repeats Psa_118:21.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain Thou art my God, and I will praise thee:…
Thou art my God, and I will praise thee: thou art my God, I will exalt thee. This is the acknowledgment made by each and all, and probably repeated many times, while the sacrifice is being consumed upon the altar.
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Charles H. Spurgeon 1885 · Public Domain Ver. 28. Thou art my God, and I will…
Ver. 28. Thou art my God, and I will praise thee, my mighty God who hath done this mighty and marvellous thing. Thou shalt be mine, and all the praise my soul is capable of shall be poured forth at thy feet.
Thou art my God, I will exalt thee. Thou hast exalted me, and as far as my praises can do it, I will exalt thy name. Jesus is magnified, and he magnifies the Father according to his prayer, "Father, the hour is come; glorify thy Son, that thy Son also may glorify thee." God hath given us grace and promised us glory, and we are constrained to ascribe all grace to him, and all the glory of it also. The repetition indicates a double determination, and sets forth the firmness of the resolution, the heartiness of the affection, the intensity of the gratitude. Our Lord Jesus himself saith, "I will praise thee"; and well may each one of us, humbly and with confidence in divine grace, add, on his own account, the same declaration, "I will praise thee." However others may blaspheme thee, I will exalt thee; however dull and cold I may sometimes feel myself, yet will I rouse up my nature, and determine that as long as I have any being that being shall be spent to thy praise. For ever thou art my God, and for ever I will give thee thanks.
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Ver. 28. God. The original for "God" gives force to this passage: Them art my "El" The Mighty One; therefore will I praise thee: my "Eloah" a varied form with substantially the same sense, "and I will extol thee" lift thee high in glory and honour. Henry Cowles.
Ver. 28. This "extolling the Lord" will accomplish one of the great ends of praise, viz., his exaltation. It is true that God both can and will exalt himself, but it is at once the duty and the privilege of his people to exalt him. His name should be borne up and magnified by them; the glory of that name is now, as it were, committed to them: what use are we making of the opportunity and the privilege? Philip Bennet Power.
Ver. 28.
1. The gladdest fact in all the world: "Thou art my God."
2. The fittest spirit in which to enjoy it: "Praise thee"
Ver. 28.
1. The effect of Christ being sacrificed for us: "Thou art my God."
2. The effect of our being offered as an acceptable sacrifice to him: "I will praise thee, I will exalt thee." Or,
(a) The covenant blessing: "Thou art my
God."
(b) The covenant obligation: "I will praise thee." G.R.
Psalms 118:29*
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