Psalms 105:1

King James Version 1611 (Original)

O give thanks unto the LORD; call upon his name: make known his deeds among the people.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

הוֹד֣וּ לַ֭יהוָה קִרְא֣וּ בִשְׁמ֑וֹ הוֹדִ֥יעוּ בָ֝עַמִּ֗ים עֲלִילוֹתָֽיו׃

Transliteration

hōdū to YHWH qirʾū in-šēm-his hōdīʿū in-the-ʿammīm ʿălīlōtāyw

Grammar Details

• *hōdū*: imperative, masculine plural - give thanks/praise
• *YHWH*: proper name - the LORD
• *qirʾū*: imperative, masculine plural - call
• *šēm*: noun, masculine singular construct with 3ms suffix - name
• *hōdīʿū*: hiphil imperative, masculine plural - make known
• *ʿammīm*: noun, masculine plural - peoples/nations
• *ʿălīlōtāyw*: noun, feminine plural construct with 3ms suffix - deeds/actions

Word Meanings

• *hōdū*: give thanks/praise/confess
• *qirʾū*: call/proclaim/invoke
• *ʿammīm*: peoples/nations/ethnic groups
• *ʿălīlōtāyw*: deeds/actions/exploits/mighty works

Referenced Verses

• Isa 12:4 : 4 And in that day shall ye say, Praise the LORD, call upon his name, declare his doings among the people, make mention that his name is exalted.
• Joel 2:32 : 32 And it shall come to pass, that whosoever shall call on the name of the LORD shall be delivered: for in mount Zion and in Jerusalem shall be deliverance, as the LORD hath said, and in the remnant whom the LORD shall call.
• 1 Chr 16:34 : 34 O give thanks unto the LORD; for he is good; for his mercy endureth for ever.
• Ps 99:6 : 6 Moses and Aaron among his priests, and Samuel among them that call upon his name; they called upon the LORD, and he answered them.
• Ps 106:1 : 1 Praise ye the LORD. O give thanks unto the LORD; for he is good: for his mercy endureth for ever.
• Dan 4:1-3 : 1 Nebuchadnezzar the king, unto all people, nations, and languages, that dwell in all the earth; Peace be multiplied unto you. 2 I thought it good to shew the signs and wonders that the high God hath wrought toward me. 3 How great are his signs! and how mighty are his wonders! his kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and his dominion is from generation to generation.
• Ps 145:11-12 : 11 They shall speak of the glory of thy kingdom, and talk of thy power; 12 To make known to the sons of men his mighty acts, and the glorious majesty of his kingdom.
• Dan 6:26-27 : 26 I make a decree, That in every dominion of my kingdom men tremble and fear before the God of Daniel: for he is the living God, and stedfast for ever, and his kingdom that which shall not be destroyed, and his dominion shall be even unto the end. 27 He delivereth and rescueth, and he worketh signs and wonders in heaven and in earth, who hath delivered Daniel from the power of the lions.
• Ps 136:1-3 : 1 O give thanks unto the LORD; for he is good: for his mercy endureth for ever. 2 O give thanks unto the God of gods: for his mercy endureth for ever. 3 O give thanks to the Lord of lords: for his mercy endureth for ever.
• Ps 145:4-6 : 4 One generation shall praise thy works to another, and shall declare thy mighty acts. 5 I will speak of the glorious honour of thy majesty, and of thy wondrous works. 6 And men shall speak of the might of thy terrible acts: and I will declare thy greatness.
• 1 Chr 25:3 : 3 Of Jeduthun: the sons of Jeduthun; Gedaliah, and Zeri, and Jeshaiah, Hashabiah, and Mattithiah, six, under the hands of their father Jeduthun, who prophesied with a harp, to give thanks and to praise the LORD.
• 1 Chr 29:13 : 13 Now therefore, our God, we thank thee, and praise thy glorious name.
• 1 Chr 29:20 : 20 And David said to all the congregation, Now bless the LORD your God. And all the congregation blessed the LORD God of their fathers, and bowed down their heads, and worshipped the LORD, and the king.
• Ps 89:1 : 1 I will sing of the mercies of the LORD for ever: with my mouth will I make known thy faithfulness to all generations.
• Ps 96:3 : 3 Declare his glory among the heathen, his wonders among all people.
• Acts 9:14 : 14 And here he hath authority from the chief priests to bind all that call on thy name.
• Rom 10:13 : 13 For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.
• 1 Cor 1:2 : 2 Unto the church of God which is at Corinth, to them that are sanctified in Christ Jesus, called to be saints, with all that in every place call upon the name of Jesus Christ our Lord, both theirs and ours:
• Isa 51:10 : 10 Art thou not it which hath dried the sea, the waters of the great deep; that hath made the depths of the sea a way for the ransomed to pass over?
• Dan 3:29 : 29 Therefore I make a decree, That every people, nation, and language, which speak any thing amiss against the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, shall be cut in pieces, and their houses shall be made a dunghill: because there is no other God that can deliver after this sort.
• Num 23:23 : 23 Surely there is no enchantment against Jacob, neither is there any divination against Israel: according to this time it shall be said of Jacob and of Israel, What hath God wrought!
• 1 Chr 16:7-9 : 7 Then on that day David delivered first this psalm to thank the LORD into the hand of Asaph and his brethren. 8 Give thanks unto the LORD, call upon his name, make known his deeds among the people. 9 Sing unto him, sing psalms unto him, talk ye of all his wondrous works. 10 Glory ye in his holy name: let the heart of them rejoice that seek the LORD. 11 Seek the LORD and his strength, seek his face continually. 12 Remember his marvellous works that he hath done, his wonders, and the judgments of his mouth; 13 O ye seed of Israel his servant, ye children of Jacob, his chosen ones. 14 He is the LORD our God; his judgments are in all the earth. 15 Be ye mindful always of his covenant; the word which he commanded to a thousand generations; 16 Even of the covenant which he made with Abraham, and of his oath unto Isaac; 17 And hath confirmed the same to Jacob for a law, and to Israel for an everlasting covenant, 18 Saying, Unto thee will I give the land of Canaan, the lot of your inheritance; 19 When ye were but few, even a few, and strangers in it. 20 And when they went from nation to nation, and from one kingdom to another people; 21 He suffered no man to do them wrong: yea, he reproved kings for their sakes, 22 Saying, Touch not mine anointed, and do my prophets no harm.