New King James Version
Psalms 107:8
8Oh, that men would give thanks to the Lord for His goodness, And for His wonderful works to the children of men!
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 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 out to the Lord in their trouble, And He delivered them out of their distresses. 7And He led them forth by the right way, That they might go to a city for a dwelling place. Oh, that men would give thanks to the Lord for His goodness, And for His wonderful works to the children of men! 9For He satisfies the longing soul, And fills the hungry soul with goodness. 10Those who sat in darkness and in the shadow of death, Bound in affliction and 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 107:15Oh, that men would give thanks to the Lord for His goodness, And for His wonderful works to the children of men!
- Psalms 81:13“Oh, that My people would listen to Me, That Israel would walk in My ways!
- Deuteronomy 5:29Oh, that they had such a heart in them that they would fear Me and always keep all My commandments, that it might be well with them and with their children forever!
- Deuteronomy 32:29Oh, that they were wise, that they understood this, That they would consider their latter end!
- Isaiah 48:18Oh, that you had heeded 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, And 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 praise is beautiful.
- Isaiah 63:7I will mention the lovingkindnesses of the Lord And the praises of the Lord, According to all that the Lord has bestowed on us, And the great goodness toward the house of Israel, Which He has bestowed on them according to His mercies, According to the multitude of His lovingkindnesses.
- Psalms 40:5Many, O Lord my God, are Your wonderful works Which You have done; And Your thoughts toward us Cannot be recounted to You in order; If I would declare and speak of them, They are more than can be numbered.
- Psalms 78:4We will not hide them from their children, Telling to the generation to come the praises of the Lord, And His strength and His wonderful works that He has done.
- Psalms 111:4He has made His wonderful works to be remembered; The Lord is gracious and full of compassion.
- Daniel 4:2I thought it good to declare the signs and wonders that the Most High God has worked for me.
- Daniel 6:27He delivers and rescues, And He works signs and wonders In heaven and on earth, Who has delivered 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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