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Psalm 107

Psa. 107:8 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Oh that men would praise
yadah (Hebrew #3034)
used only as denominative from 3027; literally, to use (i.e. hold out) the hand; physically, to throw (a stone, an arrow) at or away; especially to revere or worship (with extended hands); intensively, to bemoan (by wringing the hands)
KJV usage: cast (out), (make) confess(-ion), praise, shoot, (give) thank(-ful, -s, -sgiving).
Pronounce: yaw-daw'
Origin: a primitive root
the Lord
Yhovah (Hebrew #3068)
(the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
KJV usage: Jehovah, the Lord. Compare 3050, 3069.
Pronounce: yeh-ho-vaw'
Origin: from 1961
for his goodness
checed (Hebrew #2617)
kindness; by implication (towards God) piety: rarely (by opposition) reproof, or (subject.) beauty
KJV usage: favour, good deed(-liness, -ness), kindly, (loving-)kindness, merciful (kindness), mercy, pity, reproach, wicked thing.
Pronounce: kheh'-sed
Origin: from 2616
, and for his wonderful works
pala' (Hebrew #6381)
properly, perhaps to separate, i.e. distinguish (literally or figuratively); by implication, to be (causatively, make) great, difficult, wonderful
KJV usage: accomplish, (arise...too, be too) hard, hidden, things too high, (be, do, do a, shew) marvelous(-ly, -els, things, work), miracles, perform, separate, make singular, (be, great, make) wonderful(-ers, -ly, things, works), wondrous (things, works, -ly).
Pronounce: paw-law'
Origin: a primitive root
to the children
ben (Hebrew #1121)
a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like 1, 251, etc.))
KJV usage: + afflicted, age, (Ahoh-) (Ammon-) (Hachmon-) (Lev-)ite, (anoint-)ed one, appointed to, (+) arrow, (Assyr-) (Babylon-) (Egypt-) (Grec-)ian, one born, bough, branch, breed, + (young) bullock, + (young) calf, X came up in, child, colt, X common, X corn, daughter, X of first, + firstborn, foal, + very fruitful, + postage, X in, + kid, + lamb, (+) man, meet, + mighty, + nephew, old, (+) people, + rebel, + robber, X servant born, X soldier, son, + spark, + steward, + stranger, X surely, them of, + tumultuous one, + valiant(-est), whelp, worthy, young (one), youth.
Pronounce: bane
Origin: from {SI 11129}1129{/SI}
of men
'adam (Hebrew #120)
ruddy i.e. a human being (an individual or the species, mankind, etc.)
KJV usage: X another, + hypocrite, + common sort, X low, man (mean, of low degree), person.
Pronounce: aw-dawm'
Origin: from 119
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Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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Oh that men.
Psa. 107:15,21,31• 15Oh that men would praise the Lord for his goodness, and for his wonderful works to the children of men!
 21Oh that men would praise the Lord for his goodness, and for his wonderful works to the children of men!
 31Oh that men would praise the Lord for his goodness, and for his wonderful works to the children of men! (Psa. 107:15,21,31)
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Psa. 81:13‑16• 13Oh that my people had hearkened unto me, and Israel had walked in my ways!
 14I should soon have subdued their enemies, and turned my hand against their adversaries.
 15The haters of the Lord should have submitted themselves unto him: but their time should have endured for ever.
 16He should have fed them also with the finest of the wheat: and with honey out of the rock should I have satisfied thee. (Psa. 81:13‑16)
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Deut. 5:29• 29O that there were such an heart in them, that they would fear me, and keep all my commandments always, that it might be well with them, and with their children for ever! (Deut. 5:29)
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Deut. 32:29• 29O that they were wise, that they understood this, that they would consider their latter end! (Deut. 32:29)
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Isa. 48:18• 18O that thou hadst hearkened to my commandments! then had thy peace been as a river, and thy righteousness as the waves of the sea: (Isa. 48:18)
praise.
Psa. 34:3• 3O magnify the Lord with me, and let us exalt his name together. (Psa. 34:3)
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Psa. 92:1‑2• 1<<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:
 2To show forth thy lovingkindness in the morning, and thy faithfulness every night, (Psa. 92:1‑2)
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Psa. 147:1• 1Praise ye the Lord: for it is good to sing praises unto our God; for it is pleasant; and praise is comely. (Psa. 147:1)
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Isa. 63:7• 7I will mention the lovingkindnesses of the Lord, and the praises of the Lord, according to all that the Lord hath bestowed on us, and the great goodness toward the house of Israel, which he hath bestowed on them according to his mercies, and according to the multitude of his lovingkindnesses. (Isa. 63:7)
his wonderful.
Psa. 40:5• 5Many, O Lord my God, are thy wonderful works which thou hast done, and thy thoughts which are to us-ward: they cannot be reckoned up in order unto thee: if I would declare and speak of them, they are more than can be numbered. (Psa. 40:5)
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Psa. 78:4• 4We will not hide them from their children, showing to the generation to come the praises of the Lord, and his strength, and his wonderful works that he hath done. (Psa. 78:4)
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Psa. 111:4• 4He hath made his wonderful works to be remembered: the Lord is gracious and full of compassion. (Psa. 111:4)
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Dan. 4:2‑3• 2I thought it good to show the signs and wonders that the high God hath wrought toward me.
 3How great are his signs! and how mighty are his wonders! his kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and his dominion is from generation to generation. (Dan. 4:2‑3)
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Dan. 6:27• 27He delivereth and rescueth, and he worketh signs and wonders in heaven and in earth, who hath delivered Daniel from the power of the lions. (Dan. 6:27)
• God's unchanging love and goodness, celebrated from the first fully proved failure of Israel onward. Man fails, God's mercy to His people not. It is His redeemed and gathered ones who are the people that have to bear witness to this. (“Practical Reflections on the Psalms: Psalms 107-113” by J.N. Darby)

J. N. Darby Translation

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Let them give thanks unto Jehovah for his loving-kindness, and for his wondrous works to the children of men;