Offer unto God thanksgiving; and pay thy vows unto the most High: And call upon me in the day of trouble: I will deliver thee, and thou shalt glorify me. (Psalm 50:14-15) There is a form of praise that encourages believers to keep moving forward during difficult times. The thanksgiving mentioned here is not casual gratitude. The Hebrew word for it is todah. Todah means extending the hand, as if offering something back to God. It’s a stretching kind of praise, a gesture of

But thou art holy, O thou that inhabitest the praises of Israel. (Psalm 22:3) Praise acknowledges God. It thanks God for what He has done in the past and for what He is doing in our lives now. But the praise referred to in Psalm 22 is the Hebrew word tehillah. That word means more than simply acknowledging God; it is about welcoming His presence. God doesn’t just hear these praises; He dwells in them. The word “inhabitest” means to dwell, sit, or be enthroned. Tehillah

Make a joyful noise unto the Lord, all ye lands. Serve the Lord with gladness: come before his presence with singing. Know ye that the Lord he is God: it is he that hath made us, and not we ourselves; we are his people, and the sheep of his pasture. Enter into his gates with thanksgiving, and into his courts with praise: be thankful unto him, and bless his name. For the Lord is good; his mercy is everlasting; and his truth endureth to all generations. (Psalm 100:1-5) Psalm