I will give thanks to the LORD with all my heart; I will recount all Your wonders. I will give thanksThe phrase "I will give thanks" is a declaration of personal commitment and intention. In Hebrew, the word often translated as "thanks" is "yadah," which means to acknowledge or confess. This is not merely a casual expression of gratitude but a profound acknowledgment of God's character and deeds. In the context of ancient Israel, giving thanks was an integral part of worship, often accompanied by sacrifices and offerings. It reflects a heart posture of humility and recognition of God's sovereignty and goodness. to the LORD
The term "LORD" in all capital letters is a translation of the Hebrew name "YHWH" or "Yahweh," the covenant name of God. This name signifies God's eternal, self-existent nature and His faithfulness to His promises. In the historical context, invoking the name of Yahweh was a reminder of God's personal relationship with His people, Israel. It is a name that embodies God's holiness, justice, and mercy, and it calls the believer to a relationship of reverence and trust. with all my heart
The phrase "with all my heart" indicates totality and sincerity. The Hebrew word for "heart" is "lev," which encompasses not just emotions but also the mind, will, and inner being. This expression signifies wholehearted devotion and undivided attention in worship. In the biblical context, the heart is the center of one's being, and to worship with all one's heart is to engage fully and sincerely in the act of thanksgiving, leaving no room for hypocrisy or half-heartedness. I will recount
The word "recount" suggests a deliberate and detailed narration of events. In Hebrew, the word "saphar" means to count, recount, or declare. This implies an intentional act of remembering and proclaiming God's deeds. In the ancient Near Eastern culture, recounting was a way to preserve history and instill faith in future generations. It serves as a reminder of God's past faithfulness and a testimony to His ongoing work in the lives of His people. all Your wonders
The term "wonders" refers to the miraculous and mighty acts of God. In Hebrew, "pala" denotes extraordinary events that inspire awe and reveal God's power and majesty. These wonders include acts of creation, deliverance, and provision that demonstrate God's intervention in human history. In the scriptural context, recounting God's wonders is an act of worship that acknowledges His supremacy and inspires trust in His ability to act on behalf of His people. It is a call to remember and celebrate the divine acts that have shaped the faith and identity of the community. Persons / Places / Events 1. DavidThe author of this psalm, King David, is expressing his gratitude and praise to God. Known as a man after God's own heart, David often wrote psalms that reflect his deep relationship with the Lord. 2. The LORD (Yahweh)The covenant name of God used here emphasizes His eternal and unchanging nature. David directs his thanks and praise to Yahweh, acknowledging His sovereignty and faithfulness. 3. WondersRefers to the miraculous acts and mighty deeds of God. In the context of the psalm, these wonders could include God's deliverance, protection, and provision for His people. Teaching Points Wholehearted GratitudeDavid's commitment to giving thanks "with all my heart" challenges us to engage in sincere and undivided worship. Our gratitude should be complete and genuine, not half-hearted or superficial. Recounting God's WondersReflecting on and sharing God's past deeds strengthens our faith and encourages others. It is important to remember and testify about God's faithfulness and power in our lives. Intentional PraiseMaking a conscious decision to praise God, regardless of circumstances, aligns our hearts with His purposes and brings us into a deeper relationship with Him. Cultivating a Thankful HeartRegularly practicing gratitude can transform our perspective, helping us to focus on God's goodness rather than our challenges. Witnessing Through ThanksgivingOur expressions of thanks can serve as a testimony to others, pointing them to the greatness and goodness of God. Bible Study Questions 1. What are some specific "wonders" of God that you can recount in your own life, and how can sharing these accounts impact others? 2. How does giving thanks with "all your heart" differ from simply saying "thank you"? What steps can you take to cultivate wholehearted gratitude? 3. In what ways can you incorporate intentional praise into your daily routine, and how might this practice affect your relationship with God? 4. How does reflecting on God's past faithfulness help you face current challenges? Can you think of a time when remembering God's wonders strengthened your faith? 5. How can your expressions of gratitude serve as a witness to those around you, and what opportunities do you have to share your testimony of God's goodness? Connections to Other Scriptures 1 Chronicles 16:8-12This passage parallels the theme of giving thanks and recounting God's wondrous works, as David leads the people in worship. Philippians 4:6-7Paul encourages believers to present their requests to God with thanksgiving, which aligns with the attitude of gratitude expressed in Psalm 9:1. Psalm 103:1-5Another psalm of David that emphasizes blessing the Lord and remembering His benefits, similar to recounting His wonders. People David, PsalmistPlaces JerusalemTopics Chief, 9, Choirmaster, Clear, Confess, David, Death, Deeds, Forth, Gt, Heart, Labben, Leader, Lt, Marvellous, Marvelous, Music, Musician, Music-maker, Muthlabben, Muth-labben, O, Overseer, Praise, Psalm, Recount, Shew, Thanks, Tune, Wonder, Wonderful, Wonders, WorksDictionary of Bible Themes Psalm 9:1 1418 miracles, responses
5015 heart, and Holy Spirit Psalm 9: 5420 music Psalm 9:1-6 8644 commemoration Library Dilemma and Deliverance
Now, this morning, in addressing you, I shall divide my text into three parts. First, I shall note a certain fiery dart of Satan; secondly, I shall point out to you heaven's divine buckler, as hinted at in the text--"Thou, Lord, hast not forsaken them that seek thee;" and then, in the third place, I shall notice man's precious privilege of seeking God, and so of arming himself against Satan. I. First, then, I am to dwell for a little time upon A CERTAIN FIERY DART OF SATAN WHICH IS CONSTANTLY SHOT …
Charles Haddon Spurgeon—Spurgeon's Sermons Volume 6: 1860Joy in Salvation
"I will rejoice in thy salvation."--Psalm 9:4. I DESIRE to continue the topic of the morning, only we will look at another side of the same important matter. We spoke this morning, as you have not forgotten, upon these words, "Your own salvation." I trust most of us--would God I could hope all of us--were earnest about our own personal salvation. To those who are earnest this second text will be the complement of the first. They desire that their own salvation shall be secure; it is their own salvation …
Charles Haddon Spurgeon—Spurgeon's Sermons Volume 62: 1916 Cry we Therefore with the Spirit of Charity...
26. Cry we therefore with the spirit of charity, and until we come to the inheritance in which we are alway to remain, let us be, through love which becometh the free-born, not through fear which becometh bondmen, patient of suffering. Cry we, so long as we are poor, until we be with that inheritance made rich. Seeing how great earnest thereof we have received, in that Christ to make us rich made Himself poor; Who being exalted unto the riches which are above, there was sent One Who should breathe …
St. Augustine—On Patience A Few Sighs from Hell;
or, The Groans of the Damned Soul: or, An Exposition of those Words in the Sixteenth of Luke, Concerning the Rich Man and the Beggar WHEREIN IS DISCOVERED THE LAMENTABLE STATE OF THE DAMNED; THEIR CRIES, THEIR DESIRES IN THEIR DISTRESSES, WITH THE DETERMINATION OF GOD UPON THEM. A GOOD WARNING WORD TO SINNERS, BOTH OLD AND YOUNG, TO TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION BETIMES, AND TO SEEK, BY FAITH IN JESUS CHRIST, TO AVOID, LEST THEY COME INTO THE SAME PLACE OF TORMENT. Also, a Brief Discourse touching the …
John Bunyan—The Works of John Bunyan Volumes 1-3 But Concerning True Patience, Worthy of the Name of this virtue...
12. But concerning true patience, worthy of the name of this virtue, whence it is to be had, must now be inquired. For there are some [2650] who attribute it to the strength of the human will, not which it hath by Divine assistance, but which it hath of free-will. Now this error is a proud one: for it is the error of them which abound, of whom it is said in the Psalm, "A scornful reproof to them which abound, and a despising to the proud." [2651] It is not therefore that "patience of the poor" which …
St. Augustine—On Patience Jesus, My Rock.
When the storm and the tempest are raging around me, Oh! where shall I flee to be safe from their shock? There are walls which no mortal hands built to surround me, A Refuge Eternal,--'Tis JESUS MY ROCK! When my heart is all sorrow, and trials aggrieve me, To whom can I safely my secrets unlock? No bosom (save one) has the power to relieve me, The bosom which bled for me, JESUS MY ROCK! When Life's gloomy curtain, at last, shall close o'er me, And the chill hand of death unexpectedly knock, I will …
John Ross Macduff—The Cities of Refuge: or, The Name of Jesus "Because of his Importunity. "
"Nov. 19 [1846].--I am now led more and more to importune the Lord to send me the means, which are requisite in order that I may be able to commence the building. Because (1) it has been for some time past publicly stated in print, that I allow it is not without ground that some of the inhabitants of Wilson Street consider themselves inconvenienced by the Orphan-Houses being in that street, and I long therefore to be able to remove the Orphans from thence as soon as possible. (2) I become more and …
George Müller—Answers to Prayer The Desire of the Righteous Granted;
OR, A DISCOURSE OF THE RIGHTEOUS MAN'S DESIRES. ADVERTISEMENT BY THE EDITOR As the tree is known by its fruit, so is the state of a man's heart known by his desires. The desires of the righteous are the touchstone or standard of Christian sincerity--the evidence of the new birth--the spiritual barometer of faith and grace--and the springs of obedience. Christ and him crucified is the ground of all our hopes--the foundation upon which all our desires after God and holiness are built--and the root …
John Bunyan—The Works of John Bunyan Volumes 1-3 The Heart's Desire Given to Help Mission Work in China.
"Sept. 30 [1869].--From Yorkshire L50.--Received also One Thousand Pounds to-day for the Lord's work in China. About this donation it is especially to be noticed, that for months it had been my earnest desire to do more than ever for Mission Work in China, and I had already taken steps to carry out this desire, when this donation of One Thousand Pounds came to hand. This precious answer to prayer for means should be a particular encouragement to all who are engaged in the Lord's work, and who may …
George Müller—Answers to Prayer Introduction. Chapter i. --The Life and Writings of St. Hilary of Poitiers.
St. Hilary of Poitiers is one of the greatest, yet least studied, of the Fathers of the Western Church. He has suffered thus, partly from a certain obscurity in his style of writing, partly from the difficulty of the thoughts which he attempted to convey. But there are other reasons for the comparative neglect into which he has fallen. He learnt his theology, as we shall see, from Eastern authorities, and was not content to carry on and develop the traditional teaching of the West; and the disciple …
St. Hilary of Poitiers—The Life and Writings of St. Hilary of Poitiers Trials of the Christian
AFFLICTION--ITS NATURE AND BENEFITS. The school of the cross is the school of light; it discovers the world's vanity, baseness, and wickedness, and lets us see more of God's mind. Out of dark afflictions comes a spiritual light. In times of affliction, we commonly meet with the sweetest experiences of the love of God. The end of affliction is the discovery of sin; and of that, to bring us to a Saviour. Doth not God ofttimes even take occasion, by the hardest of things that come upon us, to visit …
John Bunyan—The Riches of Bunyan The Care of the Soul Urged as the one Thing Needful
Luke 10:42 -- "But one thing is needful." It was the amiable character of our blessed Redeemer, that "he went about doing good," this great motive, which animated all his actions, brought him to the house of his friend Lazarus, at Bethany, and directed his behavior there. Though it was a season of recess from public labor, our Lord brought the sentiments and the pious cares of a preacher of righteousness into the parlor of a friend; and there his doctrine dropped as the rain, and distilled as the …
George Whitefield—Selected Sermons of George Whitefield Letter xix (A. D. 1127) to Suger, Abbot of S. Denis
To Suger, Abbot of S. Denis He praises Suger, who had unexpectedly renounced the pride and luxury of the world to give himself to the modest habits of the religious life. He blames severely the clerk who devotes himself rather to the service of princes than that of God. 1. A piece of good news has reached our district; it cannot fail to do great good to whomsoever it shall have come. For who that fear God, hearing what great things He has done for your soul, do not rejoice and wonder at the great …
Saint Bernard of Clairvaux—Some Letters of Saint Bernard, Abbot of Clairvaux King of Kings and Lord of Lords
And He hath on His vesture and on His thigh a name written, K ING OF K INGS AND L ORD OF L ORDS T he description of the administration and glory of the Redeemer's Kingdom, in defiance of all opposition, concludes the second part of Messiah Oratorio. Three different passages from the book of Revelation are selected to form a grand chorus, of which Handel's title in this verse is the close --a title which has been sometimes vainly usurped by proud worms of this earth. Eastern monarchs, in particular, …
John Newton—Messiah Vol. 2 The Knowledge of God
'The Lord is a God of knowledge, and by him actions are weighed.' I Sam 2:2. Glorious things are spoken of God; he transcends our thoughts, and the praises of angels. God's glory lies chiefly in his attributes, which are the several beams by which the divine nature shines forth. Among other of his orient excellencies, this is not the least, The Lord is a God of knowledge; or as the Hebrew word is, A God of knowledges.' Through the bright mirror of his own essence, he has a full idea and cognisance …
Thomas Watson—A Body of Divinity The Justice of God
The next attribute is God's justice. All God's attributes are identical, and are the same with his essence. Though he has several attributes whereby he is made known to us, yet he has but one essence. A cedar tree may have several branches, yet it is but one cedar. So there are several attributes of God whereby we conceive of him, but only one entire essence. Well, then, concerning God's justice. Deut 32:4. Just and right is he.' Job 37:23. Touching the Almighty, we cannot find him out: he is excellent …
Thomas Watson—A Body of Divinity A Preliminary Discourse to Catechising
'If ye continue in the faith grounded and settled.' - Col 1:23. Intending next Lord's day to enter upon the work of catechising, it will not be amiss to give you a preliminary discourse, to show you how needful it is for Christians to be well instructed in the grounds of religion. If ye continue in the faith grounded and settled.' I. It is the duty of Christians to be settled in the doctrine of faith. II. The best way for Christians to be settled is to be well grounded. I. It is the duty of Christians …
Thomas Watson—A Body of Divinity Psalms
The piety of the Old Testament Church is reflected with more clearness and variety in the Psalter than in any other book of the Old Testament. It constitutes the response of the Church to the divine demands of prophecy, and, in a less degree, of law; or, rather, it expresses those emotions and aspirations of the universal heart which lie deeper than any formal demand. It is the speech of the soul face to face with God. Its words are as simple and unaffected as human words can be, for it is the genius …
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