Give thanks to the LORD, call upon His name; make known His deeds among the nations. Sing to Him, sing praises to Him; tell of all His wonders. Glory in His holy name; let the hearts of those who seek the LORD rejoice. Seek out the LORD and His strength; seek His face always. Remember the wonders He has done, His marvels, and the judgments He has pronounced, O offspring of His servant Abraham, O sons of Jacob, His chosen ones. He is the LORD our God; His judgments carry throughout the earth. He remembers His covenant forever, the word He ordained for a thousand generations— the covenant He made with Abraham, and the oath He swore to Isaac. He confirmed it to Jacob as a decree, to Israel as an everlasting covenant: "I will give you the land of Canaan as the portion of your inheritance." When they were few in number, few indeed, and strangers in the land, they wandered from nation to nation, from one kingdom to another. He let no man oppress them; He rebuked kings on their behalf: "Do not touch My anointed ones! Do no harm to My prophets!"
"Give thanks to the LORD; call upon His name; make known His deeds among the nations. Sing to Him, sing praises to Him; tell of all His wonders. Glory in His holy name; let the hearts of those who seek the LORD rejoice. Seek out the LORD and His strength; seek His face always. Remember the wonders He has done, His marvels, and the judgments He has pronounced, O offspring of His servant Israel, O sons of Jacob, His chosen ones. He is the LORD our God; His judgments carry throughout the earth. Remember His covenant forever, the word He ordained for a thousand generations— the covenant He made with Abraham, and the oath He swore to Isaac. He confirmed it to Jacob as a decree, to Israel as an everlasting covenant: ‘I will give you the land of Canaan as the portion of your inheritance.’ When they were few in number, few indeed, and strangers in the land, they wandered from nation to nation, from one kingdom to another. He let no man oppress them; He rebuked kings on their behalf: ‘Do not touch My anointed ones! Do no harm to My prophets!’ Sing to the LORD, all the earth. Proclaim His salvation day after day. Declare His glory among the nations, His wonderful deeds among all peoples. For great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised; He is to be feared above all gods. For all the gods of the nations are idols, but it is the LORD who made the heavens. Splendor and majesty are before Him; strength and joy fill His dwelling. Ascribe to the LORD, O families of the nations, ascribe to the LORD glory and strength. Ascribe to the LORD the glory due His name; bring an offering and come before Him. Worship the LORD in the splendor of His holiness; tremble before Him, all the earth. The world is firmly established; it cannot be moved. Let the heavens be glad, and the earth rejoice. Let them say among the nations, ‘The LORD reigns!’ Let the sea resound, and all that fills it; let the fields exult, and all that is in them. Then the trees of the forest will sing for joy before the LORD, for He is coming to judge the earth. Give thanks to the LORD, for He is good; His loving devotion endures forever. Then cry out: ‘Save us, O God of our salvation; gather and deliver us from the nations, that we may give thanks to Your holy name, that we may glory in Your praise.’ Blessed be the LORD, the God of Israel, from everlasting to everlasting.” Then all the people said, “Amen!” and “Praise the LORD!”
Significance
Psalm 105:1-15 and 1 Chronicles 16:8-36 share virtually identical text — "Give thanks to the LORD, call upon His name; make known His deeds among the nations" (הוֹדוּ לַיהוָה קִרְאוּ בִשְׁמוֹ, hodu laYHWH qir'u vishmo). These are parallel liturgical texts: 1 Chronicles 16:8-36 records the psalm that David appointed to be sung when the ark was brought to Jerusalem, composed from portions of Psalms 105, 96, and 106. The Chronicles passage thus provides the historical occasion for the psalm's liturgical use — David's installation of the ark as the centerpiece of Jerusalem's worship. The near-verbatim correspondence confirms that Israel's psalm tradition was embedded in specific historical worship events and then preserved for ongoing liturgical use. The quoted material even reaches back to the Abrahamic covenant recital—"the covenant He made with Abraham, and the oath He swore to Isaac" (Ps 105:9)—binding patriarchal promise to Davidic worship at the ark's new resting place.
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Connection Method(s)
Redemptive-Historical Progression — 1 Chronicles 16:8-36 anchors this psalm's text at the ark's installation in David's Jerusalem, where the recital of the Abrahamic covenant ("the covenant He made with Abraham," Ps 105:9) is sung at the new center of kingdom worship — patriarchal promise carried into the Davidic stage of redemptive history, en route to David's greater Son in whom the covenant blessing reaches the nations.
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