Psalms 105:1
O give praise to the Lord; give honour to his name, talking of his doings among the peoples.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
O give thanks unto the LORD; call upon his name: make known his deeds among the people.
In Context
2Let your voice be sounding in songs and melody; let all your thoughts be of the wonder of his works.
Cross References
Numbers 23:23No evil power has effect against Jacob, no secret arts against Israel; at the right time it will be said of Jacob and of Israel, See what God has done!
1 Chronicles 16:8O give praise to the Lord; give honour to his name, talking of his doings among the peoples.
1 Chronicles 25:3Of Jeduthun: the six sons of Jeduthun, Gedaliah and Zeri and Jeshaiah, Hashabiah and Mattithiah; under the direction of their father Jeduthun who, acting as a prophet, with corded instruments gave praise and glory to the Lord.
1 Chronicles 29:20And David said to all the people, Now give praise to the Lord your God. And all the people gave praise to the Lord, the God of their fathers, with bent heads worshipping the Lord and the king.
Psalms 96:3Make clear his glory to the nations, and his wonders to all the peoples.
Psalms 106:1Let the Lord be praised. O give praise to the Lord, for he is good: for his mercy is unchanging for ever.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 105:1
Some of the psalms of praise are very short, others very long, to teach us that, in our devotions, we should be more observant how our hearts work than how the time passes and neither overstretch ourselves by coveting to be long nor over-stint ourselves by coveting to be short, but either the one or the other as we find in our hearts to pray. This is a long psalm; the general scope is the same with most of the psalms, to set forth the glory of God, but the subject-matter is particular. Every time we come to the… Read the whole commentary →