'Give Thanks' in the Bible
David appointed some of the Levites to be ministers before the ark of the Lord, to celebrate the Lord God of Israel, and to give thanks and praise to Him.
Then on that day did David first ordain to give thanks unto Jehovah, by the hand of Asaph and his brethren.
Give thanks unto the LORD, call upon his name, make known his deeds among the people.
O give thanks unto the LORD; for he is good; for his mercy endureth for ever.
And say ye, Save us, O God of our salvation, and gather us together, and deliver us from the heathen, that we may give thanks to thy holy name, and glory in thy praise.
And with them Heman and Jeduthun, and the rest that were chosen, who were expressed by name, to give thanks to the LORD, because his mercy endureth for ever;
and to stand, morning by morning, to give thanks, and to give praise to Jehovah, and so at evening;
Of Jeduthun: the sons of Jeduthun; Gedaliah, and Zeri, and Jeshaiah, Hashabiah, and Mattithiah, six, under the hands of their father Jeduthun, who prophesied with a harp, to give thanks and to praise the LORD.
And now, our God, we give thanks to you and offer praise to the name of your splendor.