Psalms 107 · Verse 8

Psalms 107:8

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

Psalms 107:8, King James Version

Psalms 107:8 in other translations

BSB	Let them give thanks to the LORD for His loving devotion and His wonders to the sons of men.
WEB	Let them praise the LORD for his loving kindness, for his wonderful deeds to the children of men!
ASV	Oh that men would praise Jehovah for his lovingkindness, And for his wonderful works to the children of men!
YLT	They confess to Jehovah His kindness, And His wonders to the sons of men.
DARBY	Let them give thanks unto Jehovah for his loving-kindness, and for his wondrous works to the children of men;
BBE	Let men give praise to the Lord for his mercy, and for the wonders which he does for the children of men!
Webster	Oh that men would praise the LORD for his goodness, and for his wonderful works to the children of men!

What does Psalms 107:8 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Psalms 107:8-9

8-9. 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.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary

Verse 8 O 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 wonders, נפלאות niphlaoth, miracles of mercy and grace, are done for the undeserving. They are done לבני אדם libney adam, for the children of Adam, the corrupt descendants of a rebel father.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Psalms 107:1-9

In these verses there is reference to the deliverance from Egypt, and perhaps that from Babylon: but the circumstances of travellers in those countries are also noted. It is scarcely possible to conceive the horrors suffered by the hapless traveller, when crossing the trackless sands, exposed to the burning rays of the sum. The words describe their case whom the Lord has redeemed from the bondage of Satan; who pass…

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Psalms 107:8 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

יוֹד֣וּyo.Dulet them give thanksH3034

לַיהוָ֣הla.Yah.wehto YahwehH3068

חַסְדּ֑וֹchas.Docovenant loyalty hisH2617

וְ֝נִפְלְאוֹתָ֗יוve.nif.le.'o.Tavand wonders hisH6381

לִבְנֵ֥יliv.Neito [the] children ofH1121

אָדָֽם\׃'a.DamhumankindH120

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Cross references for Psalms 107:8

Psalms 107:31
Oh that men would praise the Lord for his goodness, and for his wonderful works to the children of men!
Psalms 147:1
Praise ye the Lord: for it is good to sing praises unto our God; for it is pleasant; and praise is comely.
Daniel 4:2-3
I thought it good to shew the signs and wonders that the high God hath wrought toward me. 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.
Psalms 78:4
We will not hide them from their children, shewing to the generation to come the praises of the Lord, and his strength, and his wonderful works that he hath done.
Psalms 107:21
Oh that men would praise the Lord for his goodness, and for his wonderful works to the children of men!
Psalms 107:15
Oh that men would praise the Lord for his goodness, and for his wonderful works to the children of men!
Psalms 92:1-2
A Psalm or Song for the sabbath day. It is a good thing to give thanks unto the Lord, and to sing praises unto thy name, O most High: To shew forth thy lovingkindness in the morning, and thy faithfulness every night,
Psalms 34:3
O magnify the Lord with me, and let us exalt his name together.
Daniel 6:27
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.
Deuteronomy 32:29
O that they were wise, that they understood this, that they would consider their latter end!
Psalms 111:4
He hath made his wonderful works to be remembered: the Lord is gracious and full of compassion.
Psalms 81:13-16
Oh that my people had hearkened unto me, and Israel had walked in my ways! I should soon have subdued their enemies, and turned my hand against their adversaries. The haters of the Lord should have submitted themselves unto him: but their time should have endured for ever. He should have fed them also with the finest of the wheat: and with honey out of the rock should I have satisfied thee.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Oh that men.
15,21,31; 81:13-16; De 5:29; 32:29; Isa 48:18
praise.
34:3; 92:1,2; 147:1; Isa 63:7
his wonderful.
40:5; 78:4; 111:4; Da 4:2,3; 6:27

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

Psalms 107:7
And he led them forth by the right way, that they might go to a city of habitation.
Psalms 107:8
Oh that men would praise the Lord for his goodness, and for his wonderful works to the children of men!
Psalms 107:9
For he satisfieth the longing soul, and filleth the hungry soul with goodness.

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Psalms 107:8 in other languages

Spanish Reina-Valera 1909	Alaben la misericordia de Jehová, y sus maravillas para con los hijos de los hombres.
French Bible J.N. Darby 1885	Qu’ils célèbrent l’ Éternel pour sa bonté, et pour ses merveilles envers les fils des hommes!
German Elberfelder 1871	Mögen sie Jehova preisen wegen seiner Güte und wegen seiner Wundertaten an den Menschenkindern!
Latin Clementine Vulgate	Deus locutus est in sancto suo: Exsultabo, et dividam Sichimam; et convallem tabernaculorum dimetiar.