Let them praise the Lord for his great love and for the wonderful things he has done for them.
Parallel translations
- WEB Let them praise Yahweh for his loving kindness, for his wonderful deeds to the children of men!
- KJV Oh that men would praise the LORD for his goodness, and for his wonderful works to the children of men!
- BSB Let them give thanks to the LORD for His loving devotion and His wonders to the sons of men.
- NKJV Oh, that men would give thanks to the Lord for His goodness, And for His wonderful works to the children of men!
- NASB They shall give thanks to the Lord for His mercy, And for His wonders to the sons of mankind!
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Quick answer
Let the delivered praise the LORD for his loving kindness and wonderful works.
Overview
This refrain calls the rescued to respond with grateful praise for God's steadfast love and his marvelous deeds toward humanity. Deliverance should always issue in thanksgiving and testimony. The verse models the right response of every redeemed heart, anticipating the praise of those saved by the wonderful work of Christ.
Cross-references & the web
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- Ps 107:31Let them praise Yahweh for his loving kindness, for his wonderful deeds for the children of men!
- Ps 147:1Praise Yah, for it is good to sing praises to our God; for it is pleasant and fitting to praise him.
- Dan 4:2–3It has seemed good to me to show the signs and wonders that the Most High God has worked toward me.
- Ps 107:21Let them praise Yahweh for his loving kindness, for his wonderful deeds to the children of men!
- Ps 78:4We will not hide them from their children, telling to the generation to come the praises of Yahweh, his strength, and his wondrous deeds that he has done.
- Ps 107:15Let them praise Yahweh for his loving kindness, for his wonderful deeds to the children of men!
- Dan 6:27He delivers and rescues, and he works signs and wonders in heaven and in earth, who has delivered Daniel from the power of the lions.
- Ps 92:1–2A Psalm. A song for the Sabbath day. It is a good thing to give thanks to Yahweh, to sing praises to your name, Most High;
- Ps 34:3Oh magnify Yahweh with me. Let us exalt his name together.
- Deut 32:29Oh that they were wise, that they understood this, that they would consider their latter end!
- Ps 111:4He has caused his wonderful works to be remembered. Yahweh is gracious and merciful.
- Isa 48:18Oh that you had listened to my commandments! Then your peace would have been like a river, and your righteousness like the waves of the sea.
- Ps 81:13–16Oh that my people would listen to me, that Israel would walk in my ways!
- Isa 63:7I will tell of the loving kindnesses of Yahweh and the praises of Yahweh, according to all that Yahweh has given to us, and the great goodness toward the house of Israel, which he has given to them according to his mercies, and according to the multitude of his loving kindnesses.
- Deut 5:29Oh that there were such a heart in them, that they would fear me, and keep all my commandments always, that it might be well with them, and with their children forever!
- Ps 40:5Many, Yahweh, my God, are the wonderful works which you have done, and your thoughts which are toward us. They can’t be declared back to you. If I would declare and speak of them, they are more than can be counted.
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