“Give thanks to the LORD; call upon His name; make known His deeds among the nations.
Parallel translations
- WEB Oh give thanks to Yahweh. Call on his name. Make what he has done known among the peoples.
- KJV Give thanks unto the LORD, call upon his name, make known his deeds among the people.
- NKJV Oh, give thanks to the Lord! Call upon His name; Make known His deeds among the peoples!
- NASB Give thanks to the Lord, call upon His name; Make His deeds known among the peoples.
- NLT Give thanks to the Lord and proclaim his greatness. Let the whole world know what he has done.
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Give thanks to the Lord, call on His name, and make His deeds known among the peoples. Worship overflows into proclamation to the nations.
Overview
The psalm opens with a call to thanksgiving, prayer, and witness, urging that God's works be declared beyond Israel. Worship is never private only; it spills outward to make God known among all peoples. This missionary impulse anticipates the gospel's spread to the nations, as God's saving deeds in Christ are proclaimed worldwide.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 11
- Ps 105:1–15Give thanks to the LORD, call upon His name; make known His deeds among the nations.
- Isa 12:4and on that day you will say: “Give praise to the LORD; proclaim His name! Make His works known among the peoples; declare that His name is exalted.
- 2 Kgs 19:19And now, O LORD our God, please save us from his hand, so that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that You alone, O LORD, are God.”
- Ps 145:5–6the glorious splendor of Your majesty. And I will meditate on Your wondrous works.
- 1 Chr 16:8–22“Give thanks to the LORD; call upon His name; make known His deeds among the nations.
- 1 Chr 16:34Give thanks to the LORD, for He is good; His loving devotion endures forever.
- 1 Cor 1:2To the church of God in Corinth, to those sanctified in Christ Jesus and called to be holy, together with all those everywhere who call on the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, their Lord and ours:
- Ps 67:2–4that Your ways may be known on earth, Your salvation among all nations.
- Ps 78:3–6that we have heard and known and our fathers have relayed to us.
- 1 Kgs 8:43then may You hear from heaven, Your dwelling place, and do according to all for which the foreigner calls to You. Then all the peoples of the earth will know Your name and fear You, as do Your people Israel, and they will know that this house I have built is called by Your Name.
- Acts 9:14And now he is here with authority from the chief priests to arrest all who call on Your name.”
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