Psalms 107:15

Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex)

English Translation

Let them praise Yahweh for his loving kindness, For his wonderful works to the children of men!

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וְ֝נִפְלְאוֹתָ֗יו

pâlâʼ

H6381

“and · being wonderful · him”

Conjunction + Verb, Niphal, Participle Active, Feminine, Plural, Construct + Suffix, Personal, 3rd Person, Masculine, Singular

Appears 71× in the Hebrew Bible
First appears at Genesis 18:14

Full BDB Definition

Origin: a primitive root

TWOT: 1768

to be marvellous, be wonderful, be surpassing, be extraordinary, separate by distinguishing action - (Niphal) - to be beyond one's power, be difficult to do - to be difficult to understand - to be wonderful, be extraordinary - marvellous (participle) - (Piel) to separate (an offering) - (Hiphil) - to do extraordinary or hard or difficult thing - to make wonderful, do wondrously - (Hithpael) to show oneself wonderful or marvellous

About this verse

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6: words
6: distinct lemmas
Wisdom: section

Grammatical profile

2 verbs
4 nouns

Verb forms

יוֹד֣וּ Hiphil · Jussive
וְ֝נִפְלְאוֹתָ֗יו Niphal · Participle Active

Hebrew & Septuagint length

In English translation the verse runs 17 words from the Hebrew and 16 from the Septuagint (LXX English) — closely comparable.

A rough comparison of the two English renderings, which tokenize alike — not a word-level alignment.

Word counts can differ between the Hebrew and the Greek without any difference in meaning — e.g. the Hebrew direct-object marker אֵת has no separate Greek word, and Greek often adds the article ὁ.

Cross-references

Topical passages linked to Psalms 107:15 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge — connected by theme and wording, ordered by reader-vote popularity; previews shown in the World English Bible.

Psalms 107:21 Let them praise Yahweh for his loving kindness, For his wonderful works to the children of men!
Psalms 107:8 Let them praise Yahweh for his loving kindness, For his wonderful works to the children of men!
Psalms 107:31 Let them praise Yahweh for his loving kindness, For his wonderful works for the children of men!
Psalms 116:17–19 I will offer to you the sacrifice of thanksgiving, And will call on the name of Yahweh.

Cross-references courtesy of OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).

Hebrew and Greek witnesses Masoretic Hebrew ↔ Greek Septuagint

The same verse in the two great witnesses to the Old Testament, shown verse-for-verse.

You’re reading Greek Psalm 106 (Hebrew Psalm 107). The Septuagint counts the superscription, so verse numbers can differ from the Hebrew — chapter-level alignment, not verse-by-verse. Numbering follows Rahlfs.

These are two independent witnesses, not word-aligned to each other, and the Septuagint is shown in lemma (dictionary) form.

Hebrew Psalms 107:15 Masoretic · Westminster Leningrad Codex

יוֹד֣וּ לַיהוָ֣ה חַסְדּ֑וֹ וְ֝נִפְלְאוֹתָ֗יו לִבְנֵ֥י אָדָֽם

Let them praise Yahweh for his loving kindness, For his wonderful works to the children of men!

World English Bible · Public Domain

Greek LXX Greek Psalm 106:15 Septuagint · lemma form

ἐκὁμολογέω ὁ κύριος ὁ ἔλεος αὐτός καί ὁ θαυμάσιος αὐτός ὁ υἱός ὁ ἄνθρωπος

Let them acknowledge to the Lord his mercies, and his wonders to the children of men.

LXX2012 (modern English Septuagint) · Public Domain

Hebrew: Westminster Leningrad Codex (CC BY 4.0). Greek: Septuagint (public domain); English from LXX2012 (modern English Septuagint) (Public Domain). How the Septuagint differs from the Hebrew →

Commentary

Notes on Psalms 107:15 from classic Christian and Jewish commentators (each source and its license shown beneath its notes). The classic Christian expositions comment on the surrounding passage and are grouped to its opening verse, so a note may address several verses; the Jewish commentaries on the Tanakh (Rashi and others) are per-verse, so they appear only where the commentator wrote on this verse.

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Trapp's Complete Commentary

John Trapp

Psa 107:15 Oh that [men] would praise the LORD [for] his goodness, and [for] his wonderful works to the children of men!

Ver. 15. Oh that men, &c.] See Psa 107:8.

John Trapp, A Commentary or Exposition upon All the Books of the Old and New Testament (1647–1656) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

J. A. Alexander on Psalms

Joseph Addison Alexander

15, 16. (Psa 107:15-16) Let (such) give thanks unto Jehovah (for) his mercy, and his wonderfal works to the sons of man, because he has broken doors of brass, and bars of iron has cut asunder. The burden in Psa 107:15 is in all respects identical with Psa 107:8, but the supplementary verse differs, according to the prominent figures in the two scenes or pictures. As the idea of famine was selected, in Psa 107:9, from among the hardships of the wilderness, so here the fastenings of the prison are presented in precisely the same manner. In this striking regularity of form, combined with vividness and beauty of conception, there is evidence of art and skill as well as genius. The verb in the first clause of Psa 107:16 is an intensive form of the verb to break, and might here be rendered shattered, shivered, or the like. The corresponding verb in the last clause is a similar intensive of the verb to cut. The whole verse is copied from Isa 45:2, where we find the promise, of which this is the fulfilment.

Joseph Addison Alexander, The Psalms Translated and Explained (1850) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

Adam Clarke's Commentary

Verse 15. O that men, &c.] This is the intercalary verse, or burden, of the second part, as it was of the first. See Ps 107:8.

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible (1810–1826) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword/MySword module.

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers

(15) Oh that . . .—The subject is the participle in Psa_107:10, “such as sit,” a fact which bears upon the proper subject in Psa_107:8.

A Bible Commentary for English Readers, edited by Charles John Ellicott (1878–1897) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

gen. ed. J. J. S. Perowne

15. Let them give thanks to Jehovah for his lovingkindness,

And for his wonderful works to the sons of men.

The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges (gen. ed. J. J. S. Perowne; Cambridge University Press, 1878–1918) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

John Gill's Exposition

Their soul abhorreth all manner of meat,.... Not only bread and common food, but dainty meat, the most delicious fare, Job 33:20, in which they most delighted in time of health, and too much indulged themselves in; and by that means brought diseases upon them, which caused this loathing in them, as is common. Thus to those who are distempered with sin, whose taste is not changed, nor can it discern perverse things, the word of God, the Gospel of Christ, which is delicious food, is not relished by them; the doctrines of it are insipid things, they loath them as light bread, as the Israelites did the manna.

And they draw near unto the gates of death; that is, the grave; the house appointed for all living; the dwelling place of men till the resurrection; and so is said to have gates and doors; see Job 33:22 and men sometimes are brought so low by affliction as that they seem to be near to death, just upon the brink of eternity, ready to enter into the grave, and lie down among the dead.

John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible (1746–1763) — public domain (CC PDM 1.0). Text via the HelloAO Bible API.

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Oh that men would praise ... - See the notes at Psa 107:8. The idea here is that the things just referred to “should” call forth expressions of gratitude to God. The immediate reference is to those who had partaken of these proofs of the divine goodness, but still the language is so general as to be applicable to all classes of people.

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible (1834–1885) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword/MySword module.

The Treasury of David

Charles H. Spurgeon

Ver. 15. Oh that men would praise the LORD for his goodness, and for his wonderful works to the children of men. The sight of such goodness makes a right minded man long to see the Lord duly honoured for his amazing mercy. When dungeon doors fly open, and chains are snapped, who can refuse to adore the glorious goodness of the Lord? It makes the heart sick to think of such gracious mercies remaining unsung: we cannot but plead with men to remember their obligations and extol the Lord their God.

Psalms 107:16*

Charles H. Spurgeon's The Treasury of David (1869–1885) — public domain. Psalms only. Text from a community e-Sword/MySword module.

The Pulpit Commentary

Oh that men, etc.! A repetition of ver. 8.

The Pulpit Commentary (1880–1919), ed. H.D.M. Spence-Jones & Joseph S. Exell — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

Lesson kit

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Psalms, in the Wisdom, opens this verse with 6 words (6 distinct Hebrew lemmas). Its most distinctive word is pâlâʼ (“to be wonderful”). A historical commentator’s framing appears above. Read the whole chapter for the surrounding context.

Discussion questions

What does “to be wonderful” (pâlâʼ) contribute to the verse as a whole?
Psalms 107:21 shares this passage’s theme. How do the two illuminate each other?
These translations render this verse differently; the difference is in the English rendering, not the original. What questions does that raise?
The verb «יוֹד֣וּ» is Hiphil Jussive. How does its form color the action?
Reading how Trapp's Complete Commentary and J. A. Alexander on Psalms read this verse, where do the two commentators agree and where do they part?

Things to notice

These translations choose different wording for 21 words in this verse.
6 distinct Hebrew lemmas span 6 words in this verse.