King James Version
Psalms 107:21
21Oh that men would praise the Lord for his goodness, and for his wonderful works to the children of men!
Psalms 107:21 in other versions
- 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!
- 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 107:21
19Then they cry unto the Lord in their trouble, and he saveth them out of their distresses. 20He sent his word, and healed them, and delivered them from their destructions. Oh that men would praise the Lord for his goodness, and for his wonderful works to the children of men! 22And let them sacrifice the sacrifices of thanksgiving, and declare his works with rejoicing. 23They that go down to the sea in ships, that do business in great waters;
Read all of Psalms 107Psalms 107:21 word by word
יוֹד֣וּ לַיהוָ֣ה חַסְדּ֑וֹ וְ֝נִפְלְאוֹתָ֗יו לִבְנֵ֥י אָדָֽם׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Psalms 107:21
- Psalms 107:8Oh that men would praise the Lord for his goodness, and for his wonderful works to the children of men!
- Psalms 66:5Come and see the works of God: he is terrible in his doing toward the children of men.
- 2 Chronicles 32:25But Hezekiah rendered not again according to the benefit done unto him; for his heart was lifted up: therefore there was wrath upon him, and upon Judah and Jerusalem.
- Luke 17:18There are not found that returned to give glory to God, save this stranger.
Commentaries on Psalms 107:21
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 21O that men, etc. - The intercalary verse, or burden, as before.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 21Oh that men - See the notes at Psalm 107:8. Who can help joining in this wish, that those who have been restored from sickness, who have been raised up from the borders of the grave, “would” praise God for it! Who can help wishing that they had the feelings of Hezekiah when he was saved from the sickness which threatened his life - saved by the direct and manifest interposition of God - when he said Isaiah 38:20, “The Lord was ready to save me…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 17-22Verses 17-22 If we knew no sin, we should know no sickness. Sinners are fools. They hurt their bodily health by intemperance, and endanger their lives by indulging their appetites. This their way is their folly. The weakness of the body is the effect of sickness. It is by the power and mercy of God that we are recovered from sickness, and it is our duty to be thankful. All Christ's miraculous cures were emblems of his healing diseases of the soul. It is…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 17-22Fools who received what they deserved but were rescued from death offer thanksgiving to the Lord.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 17-2217-22. Whether the same or not, this exigency illustrates that dispensation of God according to which sin brings its own punishment. are afflicted--literally, "afflict themselves," that is, bring on disease, denoted by loathing of food, and drawingRead 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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