19 Thanksgiving Psalms of Thanks & Praise to Reflect On

Psalm 69:29

I am afflicted and in pain;
let your saving help protect me, God.

Psalm 100

Sing joyfully to the Lord, all you lands;
serve the Lord with gladness;
come before him with joyful song.
Know that the Lord is God,
he made us, we belong to him,
we are his people, the flock he shepherds.
Enter his gates with thanksgiving,
his courts with praise.
Give thanks to him, bless his name;
good indeed is the Lord,
his mercy endures forever,
his faithfulness lasts through every generation.

Psalm 95

Come, let us sing joyfully to the Lord;
cry out to the rock of our salvation.
Let us come before him with a song of praise,
joyfully sing out our psalms.
For the Lord is the great God,
the great king over all gods,
Whose hand holds the depths of the earth;
who owns the tops of the mountains.
The sea and dry land belong to him,
made by his hands.
Come, let us bow down in worship;
let us kneel before the Lord who made us.
For he is our God,
and we are the people he shepherds, the flock he guides.
Oh, that today you would hear his voice:
‘Harden not your hearts as at Meribah,
as in the day of Massah in the desert,
Where your ancestors tested me;
they tried me though they had seen my works.’
Forty years I loathed that generation;
I said: ‘This people’s heart goes astray;
they do not know my ways.’
Therefore I swore in my anger:
‘They shall never enter my rest.

Psalm 34

I will bless the Lord at all times;
his praise shall be always in my mouth.
My soul will glory in the Lord
that the poor may hear and be glad.
Magnify the Lord with me;
and let us exalt his name together.
I sought the Lord, and he answered me,
delivered me from all my fears.
Look to him and be radiant,
and your faces may not blush for shame.
This poor one cried out and the Lord heard,
and from all his distress he saved him.
The angel of the Lord encamps
around those who fear him, and he saves them.
Taste and see that the Lord is good;
blessed is the stalwart one who takes refuge in him.
Fear the Lord, you his holy ones;
nothing is lacking to those who fear him.
The rich grow poor and go hungry,
but those who seek the Lord lack no good thing.

Psalm 92

It is good to give thanks to the Lord,
to sing praise to your name, Most High,
To proclaim your love in the morning,
your faithfulness in the night,
With the ten-stringed harp, with melody upon the lyre.
For you make me jubilant, Lord, by your deeds;
at the works of your hands I shout for joy.
How great are your works, Lord!
How profound your designs!
A senseless person cannot know this;
a fool cannot comprehend.
Though the wicked flourish like grass
and all sinners thrive,
They are destined for eternal destruction.
But you, Lord, are forever on high.
Indeed your enemies, Lord,
indeed your enemies shall perish;
all sinners shall be scattered.
You have given me the strength of a wild ox;
you have poured rich oil upon me.
My eyes look with glee on my wicked enemies;
my ears delight in the fall of my foes.
The just shall flourish like the palm tree,
shall grow like a cedar of Lebanon.
Planted in the house of the Lord,
they shall flourish in the courts of our God.
They shall bear fruit even in old age;
always vigorous and sturdy,
As they proclaim: ‘The Lord is just;
our rock, in whom there is no wrong.

Psalm 44:4-8

You are my king and my God,
who bestows victories on Jacob.
Through you we batter our foes;
through your name we trample our adversaries.
Not in my bow do I trust,
nor does my sword bring me victory.
You have brought us victory over our adversaries,
have put our enemies to shame.
In God we have boasted all the day long;
your name we will praise forever.

Psalm 89

I will sing forever of your mercies, Lord;
through all ages my mouth will proclaim your fidelity.
For you have said, ‘My mercy is established forever’;
my fidelity will stand as long as the heavens.
I have made a covenant with my chosen one;
I have sworn to David my servant:
I will make your dynasty stand forever
and establish your throne through all ages.’ Selah
The heavens praise your marvels, Lord,
your fidelity in the assembly of the holy ones.
For who in the skies ranks with the Lord?
Who is like the Lord among the gods?
A God to be feared in the council of the holy ones,
greater and more awesome than all who sit there!
Lord God of hosts, who is like you?
Mighty Lord, your loyalty is always present.
You rule the raging sea;
you still its swelling waves.
You crushed Rahab with a mortal blow;
your strong arm scattered your foes.
Yours are the heavens, yours the earth;
you founded the world and everything in it.
Zaphon and Amanus you created;
Tabor and Hermon rejoice in your name.
Mighty your arm, strong your hand,
your right hand is ever exalted.
Justice and judgment are the foundation of your throne;
love and loyalty march before you.
Happy the people who know you, Lord,
who walk in the radiance of your face.
In your name they sing joyfully all the day;
at your victory they raise the festal shout.
You are their majestic strength;
by your favor our horn is exalted.
Truly the Lord is our shield,
the Holy One of Israel, our king!”

Psalm 30

I will extol you, Lord, for you drew me clear
and did not let my enemies rejoice over me.
Lord, my God, I cried out to you for help, and you healed me.
Lord, you brought my soul up from Sheol;
you let me live, from going down to the pit.
Sing praise to the Lord, you his faithful ones,
and give thanks to his holy name.
For his anger lasts but a moment;
his favor a lifetime.
At dusk weeping comes for the night;
but at dawn there is rejoicing.
Complacent, I once said,
‘I shall never be shaken.’
Lord, when you showed me favor,
I stood like the mighty mountains.
But when you hid your face, I was struck with terror.
To you, Lord, I cried out;
with the Lord I pleaded for mercy:
‘What gain is there from my lifeblood,
from my going down to the grave?
Does dust give you thanks
or declare your faithfulness?
Hear, Lord, have mercy on me;
Lord, be my helper.’
You changed my mourning into dancing;
you took off my sackcloth
and clothed me with gladness.
With my whole being I sing endless praise to you.
Lord, my God, forever will I give you thanks.

106:1-5

Give thanks to the Lord, who is good,
whose mercy endures forever.
Who can tell the mighty deeds of the Lord,
proclaim in full God’s praise?
Happy those who do what is right,
whose deeds are always just.
Remember me, Lord, as you favor your people;
come to me with your saving help,
That I may see the prosperity of your chosen,
rejoice in the joy of your people,
and glory with your heritage.

Psalm 28

To you, Lord, I call;
my Rock, do not be deaf to me.
If you fail to answer me,
I will join those who go down to the pit.
Hear the sound of my pleading when I cry to you,
lifting my hands toward your holy place.
Do not drag me off with the wicked,
with those who do wrong,
Who speak peace to their neighbors
though evil is in their hearts.
Repay them for their deeds,
for the evil that they do.
For the work of their hands repay them;
give them what they deserve.
Because they pay no heed to the Lord’s works,
to the deeds of God’s hands,
God will tear them down,
never to be rebuilt.
Blessed be the Lord,
who has heard the sound of my pleading.
The Lord is my strength and my shield,
in whom my heart trusted and found help.
So my heart rejoices;
with my song I praise my God.
Lord, you are the strength of your people,
the saving refuge of your anointed.
Save your people, bless your inheritance;
feed and sustain them forever!

Psalm 138

I will praise you, Lord, with all my heart;
before the gods I will sing your praise.
I will bow down toward your holy temple
and give thanks to your name
because of your kindness and your truth;
For you have made great above all things
your name and your promise.
When I called, you answered me;
you built up strength within me.
All the kings of the earth will praise you, Lord,
when they hear the words of your mouth.
They will sing of the ways of the Lord:
‘Great is the glory of the Lord!’
The Lord is on high, but cares for the lowly
and knows the proud from afar.
Though I walk in the midst of dangers,
you guard my life when my enemies rage.
You stretch out your hand;
your right hand saves me.
The Lord is with me to the end.
Lord, your mercy endures forever.
Never forsake the work of your hands!