Divine loss

Sacrifice thank offerings to God, fulfill your vows to the Most High,
Psalm 50:14 (NIV84)

It is obviously difficult to be thankful during an uncomfortably hopeless situation. But this verse implies how God is most pleased with our praise in those hateful moments because it has become a sacrifice of praise.
sac·ri·fice (skr-fs)
n.
3.
a. Relinquishment of something at less than its presumed value.
b. Something so relinquished.
c. A loss so sustained.