Psalms 105:1
O give thanks unto the LORD, call upon His name; make known His doings among the peoples.
JPS TaNaKH 1917
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 unto Him, sing praises unto Him; speak ye of all His marvellous works.
Cross References
Numbers 23:23For there is no enchantment with Jacob, neither is there any divination with Israel; now is it said of Jacob and of Israel: 'What hath God wrought!'
1 Chronicles 16:8O give thanks unto the LORD, call upon His name; make known His doings among the peoples.
1 Chronicles 25:3Of Jeduthun: the sons of Jeduthun: Gedaliah, and Zeri, and Jeshaiah, Hashabiah, and Mattithiah, six; under the hands of their father Jeduthun with the harp, who prophesied in giving thanks and praising the LORD.
1 Chronicles 29:20And David said to all the congregation: 'Now bless the LORD your God.' And all the congregation blessed the LORD, the God of their fathers, and bowed down their heads, and prostrated themselves before the LORD, and before the king.
Psalms 96:3Declare His glory among the nations, His marvellous works among all the peoples.
Psalms 106:1Hallelujah. O give thanks unto 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 →