Psalms 105:1
Alleluia. Confess to the Lord, for he is good, for his mercy is with every generation.
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
O give thanks unto the LORD; call upon his name: make known his deeds among the people.
In Context
2Who will declare the powers of the Lord? Who make a hearing for all his praises?
Cross References
Numbers 23:23There is no soothsaying in Jacob, nor any divination in Israel. In their times, it shall be told to Jacob and to Israel what God has wrought.
1 Chronicles 16:8“Confess to the Lord, and invoke his name. Make known his endeavors among the peoples.
1 Chronicles 25:3Then of Jeduthun, the sons of Jeduthun: Gedaliah, Zeri, Jeshaiah, and Hashabiah, and Mattithiah, six, under the hand of their father Jeduthun, who was prophesying with stringed instruments, while confessing and praising the Lord.
1 Chronicles 29:20Then David instructed the entire assembly: “Bless the Lord our God.” And the entire assembly blessed the Lord, the God of their fathers. And they bowed themselves, and they adored God, and next they reverenced the king.
Psalms 96:3A fire will precede him, and it will enflame his enemies all around.
Psalms 106:1Alleluia. Confess to the Lord, for he is good, for his mercy is with every generation.
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 →