O give thanks - He had been meditating on God's gracious dealings with their fathers; and he calls upon himself and all others to magnify God for his mercies.

A.M.

2962, B.C.

1042. It appears from

1 Chronicles 16 where the former part of this Psalm, as far as the

16th verse is found with little variation, that David composed it at the removal of the ark to Mount Zion, and he himself probably enlarged it afterwards with the glorious detail of God's merciful dealings with Abraham and his posterity till their settlement in the land of Promise. The Hallelujah, which terminates the preceding Psalm, is made the title of this by the Septuagint, Vulgate, Arabic, and Ethiopic; and the Syriac considers it a paraphrase on the words, Fear not, Jacob, to go down into Egypt; and teaches us spiritually not to fear when we are obliged to contend with devils; for God is our shield, and will fight for us.

give

Psalm 136:1-3 O give thanks to the LORD; for he is good: for his mercy endures for ever...

1 Chronicles 16:7-22 Then on that day David delivered first this psalm to thank the LORD into the hand of Asaph and his brothers...

1 Chronicles 25:3 Of Jeduthun: the sons of Jeduthun; Gedaliah, and Zeri, and Jeshaiah, Hashabiah, and Mattithiah...

1 Chronicles 29:13,20 Now therefore, our God, we thank you, and praise your glorious name...

call

Isaiah 12:4 And in that day shall you say, Praise the LORD, call on his name, declare his doings among the people...

Joel 2:32 And it shall come to pass, that whoever shall call on the name of the LORD shall be delivered...

Acts 9:14 And here he has authority from the chief priests to bind all that call on your name.

Romans 10:13 For whoever shall call on the name of the Lord shall be saved.

1 Corinthians 1:2 To the church of God which is at Corinth, to them that are sanctified in Christ Jesus, called to be saints...

make known

Psalm 89:1 I will sing of the mercies of the LORD for ever: with my mouth will I make known your faithfulness to all generations.

Psalm 96:3 Declare his glory among the heathen, his wonders among all people.

Psalm 145:4-6,11,12 One generation shall praise your works to another, and shall declare your mighty acts...

Numbers 23:23 Surely there is no enchantment against Jacob, neither is there any divination against Israel...

Isaiah 12:4 And in that day shall you say, Praise the LORD, call on his name, declare his doings among the people...

Isaiah 51:10 Are you not it which has dried the sea, the waters of the great deep...

Daniel 3:29 Therefore I make a decree, That every people, nation, and language, which speak any thing amiss against the God of Shadrach, Meshach...

Daniel 4:1-3 Nebuchadnezzar the king, to all people, nations, and languages, that dwell in all the earth; Peace be multiplied to you...

Daniel 6:26,27 I make a decree, That in every dominion of my kingdom men tremble and fear before the God of Daniel: for he is the living God...

Inviolable Messiahs and Prophets
'He reproved kings for their sakes; 15. Saying, Touch not Mine anointed, and do My prophets no harm.'--PSALM cv. 14, 15. The original reference of these words is to the fathers of the Jewish people--the three wandering shepherds, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. The Psalmist transfers to them the great titles which properly belong to a later period of Jewish history. None of the three were ever in the literal sense of the word 'anointed,' but all the three had what anointing symbolised. None of them were …
Alexander Maclaren—Expositions of Holy Scripture

Thankfulness for Mercies Received, a Necessary Duty
Numberless marks does man bear in his soul, that he is fallen and estranged from God; but nothing gives a greater proof thereof, than that backwardness, which every one finds within himself, to the duty of praise and thanksgiving. When God placed the first man in paradise, his soul no doubt was so filled with a sense of the riches of the divine love, that he was continually employing that breath of life, which the Almighty had not long before breathed into him, in blessing and magnifying that all-bountiful, …
George Whitefield—Selected Sermons of George Whitefield

A Challenge and a Shield
"Who is he that condemneth? It is Christ that died."--Romans 8:34. Here are two very wonderful challenges thrown out by the apostle Paul. First, he boldly defies anyone to charge the chosen of God with sin: "Who shall lay any thing to the charge of God's elect?" and then, even if any charges should be brought against them, he defies all our foes to secure an adverse verdict: "Who is he that condemneth?" This would be a very bold challenge even for a man who had been righteous from his youth up. If …
Charles Haddon Spurgeon—Spurgeon's Sermons Volume 38: 1892