For the choirmaster: To the tune of “Do Not Destroy.” A Psalm of Asaph. A song. We give thanks to You, O God; we give thanks, for Your Name is near. The people declare Your wondrous works.
Parallel translations
- WEB For the Chief Musician. To the tune of “Do Not Destroy.” A Psalm by Asaph. A song. We give thanks to you, God. We give thanks, for your Name is near. Men tell about your wondrous works.
- KJV Unto thee, O God, do we give thanks, unto thee do we give thanks: for that thy name is near thy wondrous works declare.
- NKJV We give thanks to You, O God, we give thanks! For Your wondrous works declare that Your name is near.
- NASB We give thanks to You, God, we give thanks, For Your name is near; People declare Your wondrous works.
- NLT We thank you, O God! We give thanks because you are near. People everywhere tell of your wonderful deeds.
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Quick answer
The congregation gives thanks to God because His name is near and people recount His wondrous works.
Overview
This psalm of Asaph opens with corporate thanksgiving, set to a known tune and dedicated for worship. God's name being near speaks of His present help and saving closeness to His people. Gratitude for His wondrous deeds frames the theme of the psalm, which is God's righteous judgment, and points to the nearness of God ultimately realized in Christ.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 11
- Ps 145:18The LORD is near to all who call on Him, to all who call out to Him in truth.
- Jer 10:6There is none like You, O LORD. You are great, and Your name is mighty in power.
- Ps 138:2I bow down toward Your holy temple and give thanks to Your name for Your loving devotion and Your faithfulness; You have exalted Your name and Your word above all else.
- Deut 4:7For what nation is great enough to have a god as near to them as the LORD our God is to us whenever we call on Him?
- Ps 57:1For the choirmaster. To the tune of “Do Not Destroy.” A Miktam of David, when he fled from Saul into the cave. Have mercy on me, O God, have mercy, for in You my soul takes refuge. In the shadow of Your wings I will take shelter until the danger has passed.
- Exod 34:6–7Then the LORD passed in front of Moses and called out: “The LORD, the LORD God, is compassionate and gracious, slow to anger, abounding in loving devotion and faithfulness,
- Ps 76:1For the choirmaster. With stringed instruments. A Psalm of Asaph. A song. God is known in Judah; His name is great in Israel.
- Exod 23:21Pay attention to him and listen to his voice; do not defy him, for he will not forgive rebellion, since My Name is in him.
- Ps 44:1For the choirmaster. A Maskil of the sons of Korah. We have heard with our ears, O God; our fathers have told us the work You did in their days, in the days of old.
- Deut 4:33–34Has a people ever heard the voice of God speaking out of the fire, as you have, and lived?
- Ps 58:1For the choirmaster. To the tune of “Do Not Destroy.” A Miktam of David. Do you indeed speak justly, O rulers? Do you judge uprightly, O sons of men?
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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.
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