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Psalm 107:31
Let them praise the LORD for his loving kindness, for his wonderful deeds for the children of men!
29He makes the storm a calm, so that its waves are still.
31Let them praise the LORD for his loving kindness, for his wonderful deeds for the children of men!
32Let them exalt him also in the assembly of the people, and praise him in the seat of the elders.
33He turns rivers into a desert, water springs into a thirsty ground,
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The calm sea and safe haven lead into praise, turning attention from the relief of reaching shore to YHWH whose loving kindness brought them there.
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Psalm 107:8Let them praise the LORD for his loving kindness, for his wonderful deeds to the children of men!Both verses repeat the call to praise the LORD for his loving kindness and wonderful deeds for people.
Psalm 104:24LORD, how many are your works! In wisdom, you have made them all. The earth is full of your riches.Both passages praise the LORD’s works, with Psalm 104 naming the wisdom and riches displayed throughout the earth.
Psalm 103:2Praise the LORD, my soul, and don’t forget all his benefits,Both verses urge praise for the LORD’s goodness, linking what he has done with the response of those who receive it.
Daniel 4:34At the end of the days I, Nebuchadnezzar, lifted up my eyes to heaven, and my understanding returned to me; and I blessed the Most High, and I praised and …Praise follows help received in both settings: arrival at a haven in the psalm and restored understanding in Daniel.
Genesis 1:22God blessed them, saying, “Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let birds multiply on the earth.”The shared thread is God’s goodness toward his creatures: deeds for people in the psalm and blessing for sea life and birds in Genesis.
Psalm 107:15Let them praise the LORD for his loving kindness, for his wonderful deeds to the children of men!The repeated refrain names the same grounds for praise: the LORD’s loving kindness and his wonderful deeds for people.
Revelation 15:3They sang the song of Moses, the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb, saying, “Great and marvelous are your works, Lord God, the Almighty! Righteous and …Both passages praise God for his wonderful works, and Revelation also declares his ways righteous and true.
Jonah 2:9But I will sacrifice to you with the voice of thanksgiving. I will pay that which I have vowed. Salvation belongs to the LORD.”Both passages connect thanksgiving with the LORD’s saving help, expressed through praise in the psalm and sacrifice in Jonah.
Romans 1:20–21For the invisible things of him since the creation of the world are clearly seen, being perceived through the things that are made, even his everlasting power …Both passages connect God’s actions with knowledge of him: loving kindness through his deeds, and power and divinity through creation.
Hosea 2:8For she didn’t know that I gave her the grain, the new wine, and the oil, and multiplied to her silver and gold, which they used for Baal.Both passages concern God’s goodness to people; the psalm urges praise, while Hosea names provision that went unrecognized.
Hebrews 13:15Through him, then, let’s offer up a sacrifice of praise to God continually, that is, the fruit of lips which proclaim allegiance to his name.Both verses urge spoken praise to God, with Hebrews describing praise as a sacrifice offered through him.
Jonah 1:16Then the men feared the LORD exceedingly; and they offered a sacrifice to the LORD and made vows.Both passages describe people honoring the LORD, through praise in the psalm and through sacrifice and vows in Jonah.
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The people reaching their haven have reason to be glad. Their praise names the source of that relief: YHWH has shown his loving kindness through his deeds.
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