Psalms 105:1
Alleluia. Give glory to the Lord, and call upon his name: declare his deeds among the Gentiles.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
O give thanks unto the LORD; call upon his name: make known his deeds among the people.
In Context
2Sing to him, yea sing praises to him: relate all his wondrous works.
Cross References
Numbers 23:23There is no soothsaying in Jacob, nor divination in Israel. In their times it shall be told to Jacob and to Israel what God hath wrought.
1 Chronicles 16:8Praise ye the Lord, and call upon his name: make known his doings among the nations.
1 Chronicles 25:3And of Idithun: the sons of Idithun, Godolias, Serf, Jeseias, and Hasabias, and Mathathias, six, under the hand of their father Idithun, who prophesied with a harp to give thanks and to praise the Lord.
1 Chronicles 29:20And David commanded all the assembly: Bless ye the Lord our God. And all the assembly blessed the Lord the God of their fathers: and they bowed themselves and worshipped God, and then the king.
Psalms 96:3Declare his glory among the Gentiles: his wonders among all people.
Psalms 106:1Alleluia. Give glory to the Lord, for he is good: for his mercy endureth 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 →