Give thanks unto the LORD, call upon his name, make known his deeds among the people.
Parallel translations
- WEB Oh give thanks to Yahweh. Call on his name. Make what he has done known among the peoples.
- BSB “Give thanks to the LORD; call upon His name; make known His deeds among the nations.
- 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.
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Cross-references · 11
- Ps 105:1–15O give thanks unto the LORD; call upon his name: make known his deeds among the people.
- Isa 12:4And in that day shall ye say, Praise the LORD, call upon his name, declare his doings among the people, make mention that his name is exalted.
- 2 Kgs 19:19Now therefore, O LORD our God, I beseech thee, save thou us out of his hand, that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that thou art the LORD God, even thou only.
- Ps 145:5–6I will speak of the glorious honour of thy majesty, and of thy wondrous works.
- 1 Chr 16:8–22Give thanks unto the LORD, call upon his name, make known his deeds among the people.
- 1 Chr 16:34O give thanks unto the LORD; for he is good; for his mercy endureth for ever.
- 1 Cor 1:2Unto the church of God which is at Corinth, to them that are sanctified in Christ Jesus, called to be saints, with all that in every place call upon the name of Jesus Christ our Lord, both theirs and ours:
- Ps 67:2–4That thy way may be known upon earth, thy saving health among all nations.
- Ps 78:3–6Which we have heard and known, and our fathers have told us.
- 1 Kgs 8:43Hear thou in heaven thy dwelling place, and do according to all that the stranger calleth to thee for: that all people of the earth may know thy name, to fear thee, as do thy people Israel; and that they may know that this house, which I have builded, is called by thy name.
- Acts 9:14And here he hath authority from the chief priests to bind all that call on thy name.
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