God’s Word Translation
Psalms 107:8
8Let them give thanks to the Lord because of his mercy. He performed his miracles for Adam’s descendants.
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,
- English Standard Version (ESV)Let them thank the Lord for his steadfast love, for his wondrous works to the children of man!
- 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!
Context of Psalms 107:8
6In their distress they cried out to the Lord. He rescued them from their troubles. 7He led them on a road that went straight to an inhabited city. Let them give thanks to the Lord because of his mercy. He performed his miracles for Adam’s descendants. 9He gave plenty to drink to those who were thirsty. He filled those who were hungry with good food. 10Those who lived in the dark, in death’s shadow were prisoners in misery. They were held in iron chains
Read all of Psalms 107Psalms 107:8 word by word
יוֹד֣וּ לַיהוָ֣ה חַסְדּ֑וֹ וְ֝נִפְלְאוֹתָ֗יו לִבְנֵ֥י אָדָֽם׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Psalms 107:8
- Psalms 107:15Let them give thanks to the Lord because of his mercy. He performed his miracles for Adam’s descendants.
- Psalms 81:13If only my people would listen to me! If only Israel would follow me!
- Deuteronomy 5:29If only they would fear me and obey all my commandments as long as they live! Then things would go well for them and their children forever.
- Deuteronomy 32:29If only they were wise enough to understand this and realize what will happen to them!
- Isaiah 48:18If only you had listened to my commands! Your peace would be like a river ⌞that never runs dry⌟. Your righteousness would be like waves on the sea.
- Psalms 34:3Praise the Lord’s greatness with me. Let us highly honor his name together.
- Psalms 92:1It is good to give thanks to the Lord, to make music to praise your name, O Most High.
- Psalms 147:1Hallelujah! It is good to sing psalms to our God. It is pleasant to sing ⌞his⌟ praise beautifully.
- Isaiah 63:7I will acknowledge the Lord’s acts of mercy, and ⌞sing⌟ the praises of the Lord, because of everything that the Lord has done for us. He has done many good things for the nation of Israel because of his compassion and his unlimited mercy.
- Psalms 40:5You have done many miraculous things, O Lord my God. You have made many wonderful plans for us. No one compares to you! I will tell others about your miracles, which are more than I can count.
- Psalms 78:4We will not hide them from our children. We will tell the next generation about the Lord’s power and great deeds and the miraculous things he has done.
- Psalms 111:4He has made his miracles unforgettable. The Lord is merciful and compassionate.
- Daniel 4:2I am pleased to write to you about the miraculous signs and amazing things the Most High God did for me.
- Daniel 6:27He saves, rescues, and does miraculous signs and amazing things in heaven and on earth. He saved Daniel from 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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