--- title: "Meaning & Key Takeaway of: Though he slay me, yet I will praise…" description: "\"“Though he slay me, yet I will praise him,\" he began softly, his voice a little tremulous at first. \"I will rise up in the morning with the dew and pra..." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/351/jennifer-freitag-66615_praise_though-he-slay-me-yet-i-will-praise-him_2902227.jpg" --- # Though he slay me, yet I will praise him," he began… ![“Though he slay me, yet I will praise him," he began softly, his voice a little tremulous at first. "I will rise up in the morning with the dew and praise his name. He has given me a place to serve him, a name with which to be known. He has called me forth and made my heart race with the wind on…” quote by Jennifer Freitag](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/351/jennifer-freitag-66615_praise_though-he-slay-me-yet-i-will-praise-him_2902227.jpg) [Download](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/351/jennifer-freitag-66615_praise_though-he-slay-me-yet-i-will-praise-him_2902227.jpg) [Open image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/351/jennifer-freitag-66615_praise_though-he-slay-me-yet-i-will-praise-him_2902227.jpg) > ““Though he slay me, yet I will praise him," he began softly, his voice a little tremulous at first. "I will rise up in the morning with the dew and praise his name. He has given me a place to serve him, a name with which to be known. He has called me forth and made my heart race with the wind on the Downs, made me soar with the blackbird in the evening. So though he slay me, yet I will praise him. Though sorrows be my lot, yet I will sing. When my last tear has fallen I will take up my song again, I will praise his most glorious exalted name.”” Jennifer Freitag ## About This Quote This interpretation was drafted with AI assistance. It is one reading of the quote, not the author's own explanation. A declaration of unwavering devotion despite suffering, emphasizing praise and hope even in hardship. **In simple terms:** Praise and hope persist despite pain. Key Takeaway Maintain gratitude and hope in adversity. Themes faith devotion resilience hope Mood reverent determined Type spiritual inspirational When to use this quote - religious worship - personal crisis - grief counseling - creative writing Key Concepts theology spirituality poetry Questions to Reflect On - What sustains your devotion in suffering? - How can praise coexist with grief? 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Despite the horror. Lately I've noticed something grand and mysterious…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sophie-scholl/isn-t-it-a-riddle-and-awe-inspiring-that-everything-is-so-beautiful/) [Sophie Scholl](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sophie-scholl/) > [True joy doth need no song to praise it, silence for love's delight is best.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emanuel-geibel/true-joy-doth-need-no-song-to-praise-it-silence-for-love-s-delight-is/) Emanuel Geibel > [Nature is the one song of praise that never stops singing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-rohr/nature-is-the-one-song-of-praise-that-never-stops-singing/) [Richard Rohr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-rohr/) ## More by Jennifer Freitag > [“And while we love the beauty of our world, we must remember that it is only a type, a shadow thing, very faintly resembling…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jennifer-freitag/and-while-we-love-the-beauty-of-our-world-we-must-remember-that-it-is/) Jennifer Freitag > [“Creation groans, awaiting the revelation of the sons of God. It remembers, I think, in dreams, the wonders of the sinless, perfect world. You…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jennifer-freitag/creation-groans-awaiting-the-revelation-of-the-sons-of-god-it/) Jennifer Freitag > [“Your god stole Sitag and killed her and gave nothing in return. My God stole me and gave me eternal life, live beyond the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jennifer-freitag/your-god-stole-sitag-and-killed-her-and-gave-nothing-in-return-my-god/) Jennifer Freitag Explore all 4 Jennifer Freitag quotes ## More Praise quotes > [“What can we do in any hardship? 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Help me to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/whitney-daugherty/god-help-me-to-focus-on-truth-instead-of-the-trial-help-me-to-give/) Whitney Daugherty > [Honesty, by evil fortune tried, Finds in adversity the seed of praise.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ovid/honesty-by-evil-fortune-tried-finds-in-adversity-the-seed-of-praise/) [Ovid](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ovid/) > [A garment of praise instead of a spirit of despair](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bible/a-garment-of-praise-instead-of-a-spirit-of-despair/) [Bible](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bible/) > [Our acts of kindness we reserve for our friends, our bounties for our dependants, our riches for our children and relations, our praises for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-baptiste-massillon/our-acts-of-kindness-we-reserve-for-our-friends-our-bounties-for-our/) [Jean Baptiste Massillon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-baptiste-massillon/) [Browse all 3,406 Praise quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/praise/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Though he slay me, yet I will praise him,\" he began softly, his voice a little tremulous at first. \"I will rise up in the morning with the dew and praise his name. 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