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Psalm 105:2

Sing to him, sing praises to him! Tell of all his marvelous works.

1Give thanks to the LORD! Call on his name! Make his doings known among the peoples.
2Sing to him, sing praises to him! Tell of all his marvelous works.
3Glory in his holy name. Let the heart of those who seek the LORD rejoice.
4Seek the LORD and his strength. Seek his face forever more.
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Notice

The repeated command to sing turns toward telling, joining praise addressed to God with speech that makes his marvelous works known to others.

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Where else Scripture says this

12 passages readers most often link with this verse, and the thread each one shares with it.

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Psalm 95:2Let’s come before his presence with thanksgiving. Let’s extol him with songs!Both passages direct songs of praise to God, with Psalm 95 joining those songs to thanksgiving in his presence.
Isaiah 12:5–6Sing to the LORD, for he has done excellent things! Let this be known in all the earth!Both join singing to the LORD with making his deeds known, naming his works as the reason for praise.
Psalm 119:27Let me understand the teaching of your precepts! Then I will meditate on your wondrous works.God's wondrous works are the shared subject: Psalm 105 urges telling of them, while Psalm 119 speaks of meditating on them.
Psalm 77:12I will also meditate on all your work, and consider your doings.Both attend to God's works, with Psalm 77 considering them in meditation and Psalm 105 making them the subject of speech.
Psalm 98:5Sing praises to the LORD with the harp, with the harp and the voice of melody.Both command singing praises to the LORD; Psalm 98 names the harp as an instrument accompanying the voice.
Colossians 4:6Let your speech always be with grace, seasoned with salt, that you may know how you ought to answer each one.The shared thread is speech: Colossians concerns gracious answers, while Psalm 105 directs speech toward God's marvelous works.
James 5:13Is any among you suffering? Let him pray. Is any cheerful? Let him sing praises.Both direct people to sing praises, with James naming cheerfulness as an occasion for that response.
Ephesians 5:19speaking to one another in psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs; singing and making melody in your heart to the Lord;Both connect singing to the Lord with speech, and Ephesians names fellow believers as those addressed in song.
Judges 5:10“Speak, you who ride on white donkeys, you who sit on rich carpets, and you who walk by the way.Both command speech, though the supplied line from Judges names the speakers without identifying God's works as their subject.
Numbers 21:17Then Israel sang this song: “Spring up, well! Sing to it,Both feature singing, though Israel addresses a well in Numbers and the psalm directs praise to God.
Exodus 13:8–9You shall tell your son in that day, saying, ‘It is because of that which the LORD did for me when I came out of Egypt.’Both urge telling what the LORD has done; Exodus names a son as the listener and departure from Egypt as the event.
Isaiah 42:10–12Sing to the LORD a new song, and his praise from the end of the earth, you who go down to the sea, and all that is therein, the islands and their inhabitants.Both command singing praise to the LORD, with Isaiah extending the song to the sea and the islands.
Where this verse fits

Praise and worship. gratitude. answered prayer.

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Encouragement

God's works give your praise substance. Whether sung to him or told to another person, the subject stays the same: what he has done.

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Cross-reference data from OpenBible.info (CC BY). Scripture from the World English Bible (public domain). Arc diagram after Chris Harrison and Christoph Römhild (2007).