Psalm - 107:22



22 Let them offer the sacrifices of thanksgiving, and declare his works with singing.

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Explanation and meaning of Psalm 107:22.

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And let them sacrifice the sacrifices of thanksgiving, and declare his works with rejoicing.
And let them sacrifice the sacrifice of praise: and declare his works with joy.
And let them offer the sacrifices of thanksgiving, and declare his works in joyful song.
And they sacrifice sacrifices of thanksgiving, And recount His works with singing.
Let them make offerings of praise, giving news of his works with cries of joy.

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Scholarly Analysis and Interpretation.

And let them sacrifice - As in the cases before Psalm 107:9, Psalm 107:16, this is connected with the preceding part of the psalm, or is a "continuation" of the thought which had been interrupted by the prayer, "Oh that men would praise the Lord." The particular idea here is, that they who have been sick, and who have been restored to health, should offer the sacrifice of thanksgiving; or, that they are the proper persons to praise the Lord. The word "sacrifice" here is used in a large sense to denote worship or adoration. Let them worship God with thanks or praises.
The sacrifices of thanksgiving - Hebrew, "praise." Let them offer praise.
And declare his works with rejoicing - Margin, as in Hebrew, "singing." Let them set forth his "doings" in songs. Compare Psalm 9:11.

And let them sacrifice - For their healing they should bring a sacrifice; and they should offer the life of the innocent animal unto God, as he has spared their lives; and let them thus confess that God has spared then when they deserved to die; and let them declare also "his works with rejoicing;" for who will not rejoice when he is delivered from death?

And let them sacrifice the sacrifices of (k) thanksgiving, and declare his works with rejoicing.
(k) Praise and confession of God's benefits are the true sacrifices of the godly.

And let them sacrifice the sacrifices of thanksgiving,.... Not legal sacrifices, but spiritual and evangelical ones, the sacrifices of praise and thankfulness which God has enjoined are well pleasing to him through Christ, glorify him, and are but our reasonable service; see Hebrews 13:15.
And declare his works with rejoicing: tell them to the children of men, what he has done for them, for soul and body; let them come to Zion with joy and everlasting joy on their heads; to the gates thereof, or to the public assemblies of the saints, and there declare what great things the Lord has done for them; and has had compassion upon them in healing their bodily diseases, and curing them of their soul maladies.

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