Contradiction with Job 30:20
Job laments that God does not hear him, contrasting the call to give thanks for God's goodness.
Job 30:20: I cry unto thee, and thou dost not hear me: I stand up, and thou regardest me [not].
Contradiction with Lamentations 3:8
The speaker expresses that God does not hear their cries or prayers, opposing the notion of giving thanks.
Lamentations 3:8: Also when I cry and shout, he shutteth out my prayer.
Contradiction with Psalm 13:1
The psalmist feels forgotten by God, which contrasts with expressing thankfulness for God's enduring love.
Psalm 13:1: [To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David.] How long wilt thou forget me, O LORD? for ever? how long wilt thou hide thy face from me? [chief...: or, overseer]
Contradiction with Habakkuk 1:2
The prophet cries out for help and feels unheard, conflicting with praising God's goodness.
Habakkuk 1:2: O LORD, how long shall I cry, and thou wilt not hear! [even] cry out unto thee [of] violence, and thou wilt not save!
Contradiction with Psalm 44:24
Questions why God hides His face, which contrasts with celebrating His kindness.
Psalm 44:24: Wherefore hidest thou thy face, [and] forgettest our affliction and our oppression?
Contradiction with Jeremiah 20:7
Jeremiah accuses God of deceiving him, contrasting with thanking Him for His goodness.
Jeremiah 20:7: O LORD, thou hast deceived me, and I was deceived: thou art stronger than I, and hast prevailed: I am in derision daily, every one mocketh me. [was deceived: or, was enticed]
Contradiction with Psalm 22:1
The feeling of being forsaken by God opposes the call to give thanks.
Psalm 22:1: [To the chief Musician upon Aijeleth Shahar, A Psalm of David.] My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? [why art thou so] far from helping me, [and from] the words of my roaring? [Aijeleth...: or, the hind of the morning] [helping...: Heb. my salvation]
Contradiction with Ecclesiastes 8:14
Observes injustice in the world, which seems to conflict with the goodness spoken of in giving thanks.
Ecclesiastes 8:14: There is a vanity which is done upon the earth; that there be just [men], unto whom it happeneth according to the work of the wicked; again, there be wicked [men], to whom it happeneth according to the work of the righteous: I said that this also [is] vanity.
Contradiction with Psalm 88:14
A lament about why God casts the speaker's soul away, opposing sentiments of thanksgiving for goodness.
Psalm 88:14: LORD, why castest thou off my soul? [why] hidest thou thy face from me?