1Ch 16:8, Psa 105:1, 106:1, 107:1, 118:1, 136:1, Isa 12:4 | Geneva | STEP | Give thanks unto the LORD, call upon his name, make known his {d} deeds among the people. (d) Of which this is the chiefest, that he has chosen himself a Church to call upon his name.

1 Chronicles 16:8

Give thanks unto the LORD, call upon his name, make known his {d} deeds among the people.

(d) Of which this is the chiefest, that he has chosen himself a Church to call upon his name.

Psalms 105:1

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

(a) For as much as the Israelites were exempted from the common condemnation of the world, and were elected to be God's people, the prophet wills them to show themselves mindful by thanksgiving.

Psalms 106:1

Praise {a} ye the LORD. O give thanks unto the LORD; for [he is] good: for his mercy [endureth] for ever.

(a) The prophet exhorts the people to praise God for his past benefits, that by this their minds may be strengthened against all present troubles and despair.

Psalms 107:1

O give thanks unto {a} the LORD, for [he is] good: for his mercy [endureth] for ever.

(a) This notable sentence was in the beginning used as the foot or tenor of the song, which was often repeated.

Psalms 118:1

O {a} give thanks unto the LORD; for [he is] good: because his mercy [endureth] for ever.

(a) Because God by creating David king, showed his mercy toward his afflicted Church, the prophet not only thanks God himself, but exhorts all the people to do the same.

Psalms 136:1

O give thanks unto the LORD; for [he is] good: for his {a} mercy [endureth] for ever.

(a) By this repetition he shows that the least of God's benefits bind us to thanksgiving: but chiefly his mercy, which is principally declared towards his Church.