Psalm 18:46-49
Excerpted from: Psalm Genres (Part One): Psalms of Thanksgiving

Now, if you know anything about these psalms, you might know that this psalm also appears in II Samuel 22. And the commentators are just about unanimous that Psalm 18 is a thanksgiving psalm despite the fact that the only word of gratitude is in verse 49, which we see here:

And in the parallelism, giving thanks and singing praises are parallel, so they kind of mean the same thing.

Is that not incredible? That was one of his conclusions. He knew God was alive and working. Why? Because He loved him, and David loved the Lord, and it showed, it expressed itself in David's life with God being there at every turn. He says,

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Psalm 18:49
Excerpted from: Psalm Genres (Part One): Psalms of Thanksgiving

And in the parallelism, giving thanks and singing praises are parallel, so they kind of mean the same thing.

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