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Psalm 106:47
Save us, LORD, our God, gather us from among the nations, to give thanks to your holy name, to triumph in your praise!
45He remembered for them his covenant, and repented according to the multitude of his loving kindnesses.
46He made them also to be pitied by all those who carried them captive.
47Save us, LORD, our God, gather us from among the nations, to give thanks to your holy name, to triumph in your praise!
48Blessed be the LORD, the God of Israel, from everlasting even to everlasting! Let all the people say, “Amen.” Praise the LORD!
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“gather us from among the nations” is a plea from scattered people who long to thank God together, with rescue still the subject of prayer.
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Ezekiel 34:13I will bring them out from the peoples, and gather them from the countries, and will bring them into their own land. I will feed them on the mountains of …The psalm asks God to gather his people from the nations; Ezekiel promises gathering from the countries and return to Israel.
Jeremiah 23:3“I will gather the remnant of my flock out of all the countries where I have driven them, and will bring them again to their folds; and they will be fruitful …Both passages concern God gathering his scattered people from other countries, with Jeremiah describing them as a flock returning to its folds.
Jeremiah 17:14Heal me, O LORD, and I will be healed. Save me, and I will be saved; for you are my praise.Both prayers ask the LORD to save and link that plea with praise directed to him.
Psalm 47:1For the Chief Musician. A Psalm by the sons of Korah. Oh clap your hands, all you nations. Shout to God with the voice of triumph!Both psalms join triumph with praise to God, though one seeks gathering from the nations and the other summons all nations.
2 Corinthians 2:14Now thanks be to God who always leads us in triumph in Christ, and reveals through us the sweet aroma of his knowledge in every place.Both passages connect thanksgiving to God with triumph; Corinthians names Christ as the one in whom God leads his people.
Psalm 107:3and gathered out of the lands, from the east and from the west, from the north and from the south.Psalm 106 asks for gathering from the nations, while Psalm 107 describes people gathered from lands in every direction.
Isaiah 43:5Don’t be afraid, for I am with you. I will bring your offspring from the east, and gather you from the west.The psalm asks God to gather his people; Isaiah promises his presence and gathering from east and west.
1 Chronicles 16:35–36Say, “Save us, God of our salvation! Gather us together and deliver us from the nations, to give thanks to your holy name, to triumph in your praise.”Both prayers ask God to save and gather his people from the nations so they may thank his holy name and triumph in praise.
Ezekiel 28:25“‘The Lord GOD says: “When I have gathered the house of Israel from the peoples among whom they are scattered, and am shown as holy among them in the sight of …Both passages connect gathering Israel from among the nations with God's holiness, expressed through his holy name and his being shown as holy.
Revelation 7:10–12They cried with a loud voice, saying, “Salvation be to our God, who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb!”Both passages speak of salvation and communal praise to God; Revelation also directs that praise to the Lamb.
Isaiah 54:7“For a small moment I have forsaken you, but I will gather you with great mercies.The psalm pleads for God to gather his people, while Isaiah promises gathering with great mercies.
Jeremiah 16:15but, ‘As the LORD lives, who brought up the children of Israel from the land of the north, and from all the countries where he had driven them.’ I will bring …Both passages concern God's people being brought out from foreign nations, with Jeremiah promising their return to the land given to their fathers.
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The plea for gathering comes from people still in captivity. Their prayer rests on the God who remembered his covenant and showed them loving kindness.
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