Psalms 107:15

Oh that men would praise the LORD for his goodness, and for his wonderful works to the children of men!

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
praise	יוֹד֣וּ yo.Du	H3034	physically · verb, hiphil imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural
LORD	לַיהוָ֣ה la.Yah.weh	H3068	Jehovah · preposition + proper noun, a title
goodness	חַסְדּ֑וֹ chas.Do	H2617	kindness · noun, common masculine singular construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine singular
works	וְ֝נִפְלְאוֹתָ֗יו ve.nif.le.'o.Tav	H6381	properly · conjunction + verb, niphal active participle, feminine plural construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine singular
children	לִבְנֵ֥י liv.Nei	H1121	a son (as a builder of the family name) · preposition + noun, common masculine plural construct
men	אָדָֽם 'a.Dam	H120	ruddy i.e. a human being (an individual or the species · noun, common masculine singular absolute

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Cross-references

Psalms 107:21 Oh that men would praise the LORD for his goodness, and for his wonderful works to the children of men!
Psalms 107:8 Oh that men would praise the LORD for his goodness, and for his wonderful works to the children of men!
Psalms 107:31 Oh that men would praise the LORD for his goodness, and for his wonderful works to the children of men!
Psalms 116:17-19 I will offer to thee the sacrifice of thanksgiving, and will call upon the name of the LORD.

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Psalms 107:10-16

We are to take notice of the goodness of God towards prisoners and captives. Observe, 1. A description of this affliction. Prisoners are said to sit in darkness (Psa 107:10), in dark dungeons, close prisons, which intimates that they are desolate and disconsolate; they sit in the shadow of death, which intimates not only great distress and trouble, but great danger. Prisoners are many times appointed to die; they sit despairing to get out, but resolving to make the best of it. They are bound in affliction, and many times in iron, as Joseph. Thus sore a calamity is imprisonment, which should make us prize liberty, and be thankful for it. 2. The cause of this affliction, Psa 107:11. It is beca…

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John Gill on Psalms 107:15

O that men would praise the Lord for his goodness,.... Or, "confess to the Lord his goodness or grace", or "mercy" (g); own and acknowledge it, in delivering them from such a state of darkness and death, of thraldom and captivity; see Romans 6:17. And for his wonderful works to the children of men! or, "confess" them before them; relate and declare them to them, what wonderful things he has done for them; that they may be affected with them, and that they may praise his name together; See Gill on Psalm 107:9. (g) So Pagninus, Montanus, Cocceius, Michaelis.

John Calvin on Psalms 107:10-16

Psalm 107:10-16 10. They who dwell in darkness, and in the shadow of death, being bound in trouble and iron; 11. Because they rebelled against the words of God, and spurned the counsel of the Most High: 12. When he humbled their heart with affliction; they were brought low, and there was none to help them. 13. In their affliction they cried to Jehovah, and he delivered them from their tribulations. 14. He rescued them from darkness and from the shadow of death, and broke off their chains. 15. Let them praise the mercy of Jehovah in his presence, and his marvelous works in the presence of the sons of men. 16. Because he hath broken the brazen gates, and dashed in pieces the iron bars. [277]…

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The Church Fathers

"Let them confess to the Lord His mercies, and His wonders to the children of men" [Psalm 107:15]. Wherefore? What difficulties has He overcome? "Because He broke the gates of brass, and snapped the bars of iron" [Psalm 107:16].
— Augustine of Hippo, Exposition on Psalm 107

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Dictionary and topics

Poetry — Has been well defined as “the measured language of emotion.” Hebrew poetry deals almost exclusively with the great question of man’s relation to God. “Guilt, condemnation, punishment, pardon,…
Psalms, Book Of — The present Hebrew name of the book is Tehill’im, “Praises;” but in the actual superscriptions of the psalms the word Tehillah is applied only to one, (Psalms 145:1) ... which is indeed emphatically…

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Psalms 107:15

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Psalms 107:10-16

John Gill on Psalms 107:15

John Calvin on Psalms 107:10-16

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Psalms 107:15

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Psalms 107:10-16

John Gill on Psalms 107:15

John Calvin on Psalms 107:10-16

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Keil & Delitzsch on Psalms 107:10-16

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Psalms 107:12

Spurgeon's Treasury of David on Psalms 107:15