English Standard Version
Psalms 107:8
8Let them thank the Lord for his steadfast love, for his wondrous works to the children of man!
Psalms 107:8 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Oh that men would praise the Lord for his goodness, and for his wonderful works to the children of men!
- New International Version (NIV)Let them give thanks to the Lord for his unfailing love and his wonderful deeds for mankind,
- New King James Version (NKJV)Oh, that men would give thanks to the Lord for His goodness, And for His wonderful works to the children of men!
- New Living Translation (NLT)Let them praise the Lord for his great love and for the wonderful things he has done for them.
Context of Psalms 107:8
6Then they cried to the Lord in their trouble, and he delivered them from their distress. 7He led them by a straight way till they reached a city to dwell in. Let them thank the Lord for his steadfast love, for his wondrous works to the children of man! 9For he satisfies the longing soul, and the hungry soul he fills with good things. 10Some sat in darkness and in the shadow of death, prisoners in affliction and in irons,
Read all of Psalms 107Psalms 107:8 word by word
יוֹד֣וּ לַיהוָ֣ה חַסְדּ֑וֹ וְ֝נִפְלְאוֹתָ֗יו לִבְנֵ֥י אָדָֽם׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Psalms 107:8
- Psalms 107:15Let them thank the Lord for his steadfast love, for his wondrous works to the children of man!
- Psalms 81:13Oh, that my people would listen to me, that Israel would walk in my ways!
- Deuteronomy 5:29Oh that they had such a heart as this always, to fear me and to keep all my commandments, that it might go well with them and with their descendants forever!
- Deuteronomy 32:29If they were wise, they would understand this; they would discern their latter end!
- Isaiah 48:18Oh that you had paid attention to my commandments! Then your peace would have been like a river, and your righteousness like the waves of the sea;
- Psalms 34:3Oh, magnify the Lord with me, and let us exalt his name together!
- Psalms 92:1It is good to give thanks to the Lord, to sing praises to your name, O Most High;
- Psalms 147:1Praise the Lord! For it is good to sing praises to our God; for it is pleasant, and a song of praise is fitting.
- Isaiah 63:7I will recount the steadfast love of the Lord, the praises of the Lord, according to all that the Lord has granted us, and the great goodness to the house of Israel that he has granted them according to his compassion, according to the abundance of his steadfast love.
- Psalms 40:5You have multiplied, O Lord my God, your wondrous deeds and your thoughts toward us; none can compare with you! I will proclaim and tell of them, yet they are more than can be told.
- Psalms 78:4We will not hide them from their children, but tell to the coming generation the glorious deeds of the Lord, and his might, and the wonders that he has done.
- Psalms 111:4He has caused his wondrous works to be remembered; the Lord is gracious and merciful.
- Daniel 4:2It has seemed good to me to show the signs and wonders that the Most High God has done for me.
- Daniel 6:27He delivers and rescues; he works signs and wonders in heaven and on earth, he who has saved Daniel from the power of the lions."
Commentaries on Psalms 107:8
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 8O that men would praise the Lord - This is what is called the intercalary verse, or burden of each part of this responsive song: see the introduction. God should be praised because he is good. We naturally speak highly of those who are eminent. God is infinitely excellent, and should be celebrated for his perfections. But he does wonders for the children of men; and, therefore, men should praise the Lord. And he is the more to be praised, because these…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 8Oh that men would praise the Lord for his goodness - More literally, “Let such - or, let these - praise the Lord for his goodness,” the word “men” having been supplied by our translators. Yet it is not improper to suppose that a wider range is intended than would be denoted if it were confined to those who had then been delivered. It was evidently designed to impress the minds of those who might use this psalm in their devotions; and the idea is, that the…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 7-8God led them like a shepherd (see Psalm 23:1). Verse 8 is repeated in Psalm 107:15, 21, 31.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 8-98-9. To the chorus is added, as a reason for praise, an example of the extreme distress from which they had been delivered--extreme hunger, the severest privation of a journey in the desert.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Psalms 107
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- The Treasury of David
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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