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O give thanks unto the LORD; call upon his name: make known his deeds among the people.
Psalms 105:1 · King James Version
Parallel translations
  • WEB Give thanks to Yahweh! Call on his name! Make his doings 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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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 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.
  • Rom 10:13For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.
  • Ps 145:11–12They shall speak of the glory of thy kingdom, and talk of thy power;
  • Ps 106:1Praise ye the LORD. O give thanks unto the LORD; for he is good: for his mercy endureth for ever.
  • 1 Chr 16:34O give thanks unto the LORD; for he is good; for his mercy endureth for ever.
  • Ps 145:4–6One generation shall praise thy works to another, and shall declare thy mighty acts.
  • Ps 96:3Declare his glory among the heathen, his wonders among all people.
  • 1 Chr 29:13Now therefore, our God, we thank thee, and praise thy glorious name.
  • Dan 4:1–3Nebuchadnezzar the king, unto all people, nations, and languages, that dwell in all the earth; Peace be multiplied unto you.
  • Ps 136:1–3O give thanks unto the LORD; for he is good: for his mercy endureth for ever.
  • Acts 9:14And here he hath authority from the chief priests to bind all that call on thy name.
  • Joel 2:32And it shall come to pass, that whosoever shall call on the name of the LORD shall be delivered: for in mount Zion and in Jerusalem shall be deliverance, as the LORD hath said, and in the remnant whom the LORD shall call.
  • 1 Chr 29:20And David said to all the congregation, Now bless the LORD your God. And all the congregation blessed the LORD God of their fathers, and bowed down their heads, and worshipped the LORD, and the king.
  • Isa 51:10Art thou not it which hath dried the sea, the waters of the great deep; that hath made the depths of the sea a way for the ransomed to pass over?
  • Dan 3:29Therefore I make a decree, That every people, nation, and language, which speak any thing amiss 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 that can deliver after this sort.
  • Ps 99:6Moses and Aaron among his priests, and Samuel among them that call upon his name; they called upon the LORD, and he answered them.
  • Dan 6:26–27I make a decree, That in every dominion of my kingdom men tremble and fear before the God of Daniel: for he is the living God, and stedfast for ever, and his kingdom that which shall not be destroyed, and his dominion shall be even unto the end.
  • 1 Chr 25:3Of Jeduthun: the sons of Jeduthun; Gedaliah, and Zeri, and Jeshaiah, Hashabiah, and Mattithiah, six, under the hands of their father Jeduthun, who prophesied with a harp, to give thanks and to praise the LORD.
  • 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:
  • Num 23:23Surely there is no enchantment against Jacob, neither is there any divination against Israel: according to this time it shall be said of Jacob and of Israel, What hath God wrought!
  • Ps 89:1I will sing of the mercies of the LORD for ever: with my mouth will I make known thy faithfulness to all generations.
  • 1 Chr 16:7–22Then on that day David delivered first this psalm to thank the LORD into the hand of Asaph and his brethren.

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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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