Psalms 86:12
in Psalms 86I will praise You, O Lord my God, with all my heart; I will glorify Your name forever.
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ASV
I will praise thee, O Lord my God, with my whole heart; And I will glorify thy name for evermore.
KJV
I will praise thee, O Lord my God, with all my heart: and I will glorify thy name for evermore.
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This verse in Psalms 86
Commentary
6 notes on this verseI will praise thee, O Lord my God, with all my heart. When my heart is one, I will give thee all of it. Praise should never be rendered with less than all our heart, and soul, and strength, or it will be both unreal and unacceptable. This is the second time in the psalm that David calls the Lord "my God", the first time he was in an agony of prayer (Ps 86:2), and now he is in an ecstacy of praise.
This site's exposition
Teach me Your way, O LORD
on Psalms 86:11-13
The second half of verse 11 asks for an undivided heart. The Hebrew verb is yachad, to become one, so the request is for a heart made single toward the fear of God's name. Verse 13 looks back on a rescue already given, from the depths of Sheol, which the Hebrew calls the lowermost.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
I will praise thee, O Lord my God, with all my heart,....
The Nineteenth Century3 voices
I will praise thee, O Lord my God, with all my heart. When my heart is one, I will give thee all of it. Praise should never be rendered with less than all our heart, and soul, and strength, or it will be both unreal and unacceptable. This is the second time in the psalm that David calls the Lord "my God", the first time he was in an agony of prayer (Ps 86:2), and now he is in an ecstacy of praise. If anything can make a man pray and praise, it is the knowledge into that the Lord is his God. And I will glorify thy name for evermore, eternity gratitude will prolong its praise. God has never done blessing us, let us never have done blessing him. As he ever gives us grace, let us ever render to him the glory of it.
I will praise thee - with all my heart - When my heart is united to fear thy name, then shall I praise thee with my whole heart.
A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
proposed
I will praise thee, O Lord my God, with all my heart - This is but carrying out the idea in the previous verse. He would give his whole heart to God. He would allow nothing to divide or distract his affections. He would withhold nothing from God. And I will glorify thy name for evermore - Not merely in the present emergency; but I will do it ever onward - even to eternity. The meaning is, that he would in all cases, and at all times - in this world and in the world to come - honor God. He would acknowledge no God but him, and he would honor him as God.
How the passage was read
What the Jewish commentators add
On the verses either side of this one
from the lowest depths of the grave It is customary for adulterers to be put into the depth of the grave, and from there You saved me, for Nathan the prophet said to me (II Sam.:13): “Also the Lord has removed your sin.”
This section is reception history: how the passage was read and kept in the Jewish tradition. Where a reading parts from an essential of the Christian faith, the section says so at that point.
Texts and citation data: Sefaria; each excerpt follows its version’s licence. 5 further sources are cited on this chapter that carry no English text this site may quote or only restate the verse.
The words behind it
8 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| אוֹדְךָ֤׀ | ʾodkha | I will give thanks to you | H3034 → | 114 times |
| אֲדֹנָ֣י | ʾadonai | O Lord | H136 → | 440 times |
| אֱ֭לֹהַי | ʾelohai | God my | H430 → | 2601 times |
| בְּכָל־ | bekhol | with all | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| לְבָבִ֑י | levavi | heart my | H3824 → | 252 times |
| וַאֲכַבְּדָ֖ה | vaakhabedah | and I will glorify | H3513 → | 113 times |
| שִׁמְךָ֣ | shimkha | name your | H8034 → | 864 times |
| לְעוֹלָֽם׃ | leolam | for ever | H5769 → | 438 times |
אוֹדְךָ֤׀I will give thanks to you
ʾodkhaH3034 →114 times
אֲדֹנָ֣יO Lord
ʾadonaiH136 →440 times
אֱ֭לֹהַיGod my
ʾelohaiH430 →2601 times
בְּכָל־with all
bekholH3605 →5413 times
לְבָבִ֑יheart my
levaviH3824 →252 times
וַאֲכַבְּדָ֖הand I will glorify
vaakhabedahH3513 →113 times
שִׁמְךָ֣name your
shimkhaH8034 →864 times
לְעוֹלָֽם׃for ever
leolamH5769 →438 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
1 Corinthians 10:31So whether you eat or drink or whatever you do, do it all to the glory of God.
it leads to
- Colossians 3:17
And whatever you do, in word or deed, do it all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through Him.
- Colossians 3:23
Whatever you do, work at it with your whole being, for the Lord and not for men,
- 1 Peter 4:11
If anyone speaks, he should speak as one conveying the words of God. If anyone serves, he should serve with the strength God provides, so that in all things God may be glorified through…
- Colossians 3:17
Through
Deuteronomy 6:5And you shall love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength.
it leads to
- Mark 12:30
Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.’
- Matthew 22:37
Jesus declared, “‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.’
- Luke 10:27
He answered, “‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind’ and ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’”
- Deuteronomy 10:12
And now, O Israel, what does the LORD your God ask of you but to fear the LORD your God by walking in all His ways, to love Him, to serve the LORD your…
- Deuteronomy 30:6
The LORD your God will circumcise your hearts and the hearts of your descendants, and you will love Him with all your heart and with all your soul, so that you may live.
- Mark 12:30
Where this verse is studied
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About Psalms
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Charles Spurgeon, The Treasury of David, Vol. 4; John Calvin, Commentary on the Book of Psalms; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.