Psalms 105:1

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

Give thanks to the LORD! Call on his name! Make known his accomplishments among the nations!

📖 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 At that time you will say:“Praise the LORD! Ask him for help! Publicize his mighty acts among the nations! Make it known that he is unique!
• Joel 2:32 : 32 It will so happen that everyone who calls on the name of the LORD will be delivered. For on Mount Zion and in Jerusalem there will be those who survive, just as the LORD has promised; the remnant will be those whom the LORD will call.
• 1 Chr 16:34 : 34 Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good and his loyal love endures.
• Ps 99:6 : 6 Moses and Aaron were among his priests; Samuel was one of those who prayed to him. They prayed to the LORD and he answered them.
• Ps 106:1 : 1 Praise the LORD! Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good, and his loyal love endures!
• Dan 4:1-3 : 1 (3:31)“King Nebuchadnezzar, to all peoples, nations, and language groups that live in all the land: Peace and prosperity! 2 I am delighted to tell you about the signs and wonders that the most high God has done for me. 3 “How great are his signs! How mighty are his wonders! His kingdom will last forever, and his authority continues from one generation to the next.”
• Ps 145:11-12 : 11 They will proclaim the splendor of your kingdom; they will tell about your power, 12 so that mankind might acknowledge your mighty acts, and the majestic splendor of your kingdom.
• Dan 6:26-27 : 26 I have issued an edict that throughout all the dominion of my kingdom people are to revere and fear the God of Daniel.“For he is the living God; he endures forever. His kingdom will not be destroyed; his authority is forever. 27 He rescues and delivers and performs signs and wonders in the heavens and on the earth. He has rescued Daniel from the power of the lions!”
• Ps 136:1-3 : 1 Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good, for his loyal love endures. 2 Give thanks to the God of gods, for his loyal love endures. 3 Give thanks to the Lord of lords, for his loyal love endures,
• Ps 145:4-6 : 4 One generation will praise your deeds to another, and tell about your mighty acts! 5 I will focus on your honor and majestic splendor, and your amazing deeds! 6 They will proclaim the power of your awesome acts! I will declare your great deeds!
• 1 Chr 25:3 : 3 From the sons of Jeduthun: Gedaliah, Zeri, Jeshaiah, Hashabiah, and Mattithiah– six in all, under supervision of their father Jeduthun, who prophesied as he played a harp, giving thanks and praise to the LORD.
• 1 Chr 29:13 : 13 Now, our God, we give thanks to you and praise your majestic name!
• 1 Chr 29:20 : 20 David told the entire assembly:“Praise the LORD your God!” So the entire assembly praised the LORD God of their ancestors; they bowed down and stretched out flat on the ground before the LORD and the king.
• Ps 89:1 : 1 A well-written song by Ethan the Ezrachite. I will sing continually about the LORD’s faithful deeds; to future generations I will proclaim your faithfulness.
• Ps 96:3 : 3 Tell the nations about his splendor! Tell all the nations about his amazing deeds!
• Acts 9:14 : 14 and here he has authority from the chief priests to imprison all who call on your name!”
• Rom 10:13 : 13 For everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.
• 1 Cor 1:2 : 2 to the church of God that is in Corinth, to those who are sanctified in Christ Jesus, and called to be saints, with all those in every place who call on the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, their Lord and ours.
• Isa 51:10 : 10 Did you not dry up the sea, the waters of the great deep? Did you not make a path through the depths of the sea, so those delivered from bondage could cross over?
• Dan 3:29 : 29 I hereby decree that any people, nation, or language group that blasphemes the god of Shadrach, Meshach, or Abednego will be dismembered and his home reduced to rubble! For there exists no other god who can deliver in this way.”
• Num 23:23 : 23 For there is no spell against Jacob, nor is there any divination against Israel. At this time it must be said of Jacob and of Israel,‘Look at what God has done!’
• 1 Chr 16:7-9 : 7 David Thanks God That day David first gave to Asaph and his colleagues this song of thanks to the LORD. 8 Give thanks to the LORD! Call on his name! Make known his accomplishments among the nations! 9 Sing to him! Make music to him! Tell about all his miraculous deeds! 10 Boast about his holy name! Let the hearts of those who seek the LORD rejoice! 11 Seek the LORD and the strength he gives! Seek his presence continually! 12 Recall the miraculous deeds he performed, his mighty acts and the judgments he decreed, 13 O children of Israel, God’s servant, you descendants of Jacob, God’s chosen ones! 14 He is the LORD our God; he carries out judgment throughout the earth. 15 Remember continually his covenantal decree, the promise he made to a thousand generations– 16 the promise he made to Abraham, the promise he made by oath to Isaac! 17 He gave it to Jacob as a decree, to Israel as a lasting promise, 18 saying,“To you I will give the land of Canaan as the portion of your inheritance.” 19 When they were few in number, just a very few, and foreign residents within it, 20 they wandered from nation to nation, and from one kingdom to another. 21 He let no one oppress them, he disciplined kings for their sake, 22 saying,“Don’t touch my anointed ones! Don’t harm my prophets!”