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Give thanks to Yahweh! Call on his name! Make his doings known among the peoples.
Psalms 105:1 · World English Bible
Parallel translations
  • KJV O give thanks unto the LORD; call upon his name: make known his deeds among the people.
  • 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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Quick answer

The psalmist calls God's people to give thanks, call on His name, and make His deeds known among the peoples. Worship overflows into witness.

Overview

This historical psalm opens with a summons to grateful praise that does not stay private but proclaims God's works to the nations. Israel's calling was to declare God's glory to the world. This anticipates the Great Commission, in which Christ sends His people to make His salvation known among all peoples.

Cross-references & the web

Cross-references · 22

  • Isa 12:4In that day you will say, “Give thanks to Yahweh! Call on his name. Declare his doings among the peoples. Proclaim that his name is exalted!
  • Rom 10:13For, “Whoever will call on the name of the Lord will be saved.”
  • Ps 145:11–12They will speak of the glory of your kingdom, and talk about your power;
  • Ps 106:1Praise Yahweh! Give thanks to Yahweh, for he is good, for his loving kindness endures forever.
  • 1 Chr 16:34Oh give thanks to Yahweh, for he is good, for his loving kindness endures forever.
  • Ps 145:4–6One generation will commend your works to another, and will declare your mighty acts.
  • Ps 96:3Declare his glory among the nations, his marvelous works among all the peoples.
  • 1 Chr 29:13Now therefore, our God, we thank you, and praise your glorious name.
  • Dan 4:1–3Nebuchadnezzar the king, to all the peoples, nations, and languages, who dwell in all the earth: Peace be multiplied to you.
  • Ps 136:1–3Give thanks to Yahweh, for he is good; for his loving kindness endures forever.
  • Acts 9:14Here he has authority from the chief priests to bind all who call on your name.”
  • Joel 2:32It will happen that whoever will call on Yahweh’s name shall be saved; for in Mount Zion and in Jerusalem there will be those who escape, as Yahweh has said, and among the remnant, those whom Yahweh calls.
  • 1 Chr 29:20Then David said to all the assembly, “Now bless Yahweh your God!” All the assembly blessed Yahweh, the God of their fathers, and bowed down their heads and prostrated themselves before Yahweh and the king.
  • Isa 51:10Isn’t it you who dried up the sea, the waters of the great deep; who made the depths of the sea a way for the redeemed to pass over?
  • Dan 3:29Therefore I make a decree, that every people, nation, and language, which speak anything evil against the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, shall be cut in pieces, and their houses shall be made a dunghill; because there is no other god who is able to deliver after this sort.
  • Ps 99:6Moses and Aaron were among his priests, Samuel among those who call on his name; they called on Yahweh, and he answered them.
  • Dan 6:26–27I make a decree, that in all the dominion of my kingdom men tremble and fear before the God of Daniel; for he is the living God, and steadfast forever, His kingdom that which shall not be destroyed; and his dominion shall be even to the end.
  • 1 Chr 25:3Of Jeduthun; the sons of Jeduthun: Gedaliah, Zeri, Jeshaiah, Shimei, Hashabiah, and Mattithiah, six, under the hands of their father Jeduthun, who prophesied in giving thanks and praising Yahweh with the harp.
  • 1 Cor 1:2to the assembly of God which is at Corinth; those who are sanctified in Christ Jesus, called to be saints, with all who call on the name of our Lord Jesus Christ in every place, both theirs and ours:
  • Num 23:23Surely there is no enchantment with Jacob; Neither is there any divination with Israel. Now it shall be said of Jacob and of Israel, ‘What has God done!’
  • Ps 89:1A contemplation by Ethan, the Ezrahite. I will sing of the loving kindness of Yahweh forever. With my mouth, I will make known your faithfulness to all generations.
  • 1 Chr 16:7–22Then on that day David first ordained to give thanks to Yahweh, by the hand of Asaph and his brothers.

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  • VideoBibleProject — Psalms videosBibleProject · Lay · Free · evangelical

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  • CommentaryEnduring Word — verse-by-verseDavid Guzik · Lay · Free · evangelical

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  • CommentaryMatthew Henry on PsalmsMatthew Henry · Pastoral · Free · evangelical

    The beloved Puritan exposition of this whole book — warm, devotional, and verse by verse (free, CCEL).

  • ReferenceInterlinear, lexicon & Strong'sBlue Letter Bible · Seminary · Free

    Hebrew/Greek interlinear, word definitions, and cross-references for this verse.

Christ at the center

The Psalms are Christ's own prayer book and a gallery of his portraits — the suffering one of Psalm 22, the risen Lord of Psalm 16, the priest-king of Psalm 110, the Son to whom the nations are given.

How Psalms 105:1 points to him is part of the one story that runs through all Scripture — meet Jesus at the heart of the web, or follow a trail that traces him from Genesis to Revelation.

Original language

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