King James Version
Psalms 107:8 in the King James Version says “Oh that men would praise the LORD for his goodness, and for his wonderful works to the children of men!” — study this verse from Psalms chapter 107 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Oh that men would praise the LORD for his goodness, and for his wonderful works to the children of men!”
Psalms 107:8 · KJV
Then they cried unto the LORD in their trouble, and he delivered them out of their distresses.
And he led them forth by the right way, that they might go to a city of habitation.
Oh that men would praise the LORD for his goodness, and for his wonderful works to the children of men!
For he satisfieth the longing soul, and filleth the hungry soul with goodness.
Such as sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, being bound in affliction and iron;
KJV Study — Public Domain
“Oh that men would praise”
H3034physically, to throw (a stone, an arrow) at or away; especially to revere or worship (with extended hands); intensively, to bemoan (by wringing the ha
“for his goodness”
H2617kindness; by implication (towards god) piety; rarely (by opposition) reproof, or (subject.) beauty
“and for his wonderful”
H6381properly, perhaps to separate, i.e., distinguish (literally or figuratively); by implication, to be (causatively, make) great, difficult, wonderful
“works to the children”
H1121a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or
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