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Give thanks to the LORD, call upon His name; make known His deeds among the nations.
Psalms 105:1 · Berean Standard Bible
Parallel translations
  • WEB Give thanks to Yahweh! Call on his name! Make his doings known among the peoples.
  • KJV O 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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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 12:4and 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.
  • Rom 10:13for, “Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.”
  • Ps 145:11–12They will tell of the glory of Your kingdom and speak of Your might,
  • Ps 106:1Hallelujah! Give thanks to the LORD, for He is good; His loving devotion endures forever.
  • 1 Chr 16:34Give thanks to the LORD, for He is good; His loving devotion endures forever.
  • Ps 145:4–6One generation will commend Your works to the next, and will proclaim Your mighty acts—
  • Ps 96:3Declare His glory among the nations, His wonderful deeds among all peoples.
  • 1 Chr 29:13Now therefore, our God, we give You thanks, and we praise Your glorious name.
  • Dan 4:1–3King Nebuchadnezzar, To the people of every nation and language who dwell in all the earth: May your prosperity be multiplied.
  • Ps 136:1–3Give thanks to the LORD, for He is good. His loving devotion endures forever.
  • Acts 9:14And now he is here with authority from the chief priests to arrest all who call on Your name.”
  • Joel 2:32And everyone who calls on the name of the LORD will be saved; for on Mount Zion and in Jerusalem there will be deliverance, as the LORD has promised, among the remnant called by the LORD.
  • 1 Chr 29:20Then David said to the whole assembly, “Blessed be the LORD your God.” So the whole assembly blessed the LORD, the God of their fathers. They bowed down and paid homage to the LORD and to the king.
  • Isa 51:10Was it not You who dried up the sea, the waters of the great deep, who made a road in the depths of the sea for the redeemed to cross over?
  • Dan 3:29Therefore I decree that the people of any nation or language who say anything offensive against the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego will be cut into pieces and their houses reduced to rubble. For there is no other god who can deliver in this way.”
  • Ps 99:6Moses and Aaron were among His priests; Samuel was among those who called on His name. They called to the LORD and He answered.
  • Dan 6:26–27I hereby decree that in every part of my kingdom, men are to tremble in fear before the God of Daniel: For He is the living God, and He endures forever; His kingdom will never be destroyed, and His dominion will never end.
  • 1 Chr 25:3From the sons of Jeduthun: Gedaliah, Zeri, Jeshaiah, Shimei, Hashabiah, and Mattithiah—six in all—under the direction of their father Jeduthun, who prophesied with the harp, giving thanks and praise to the LORD.
  • 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:
  • Num 23:23For there is no spell against Jacob and no divination against Israel. It will now be said of Jacob and Israel, ‘What great things God has done!’
  • Ps 89:1A Maskil of Ethan the Ezrahite. I will sing of the loving devotion of the LORD forever; with my mouth I will proclaim Your faithfulness to all generations.
  • 1 Chr 16:7–22On that day David first committed to Asaph and his brothers this song of thanksgiving to the LORD:

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  • VideoBibleProject — Psalms videosBibleProject · Lay · Free · evangelical

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    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.

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