Bible Strands
Psalms 106:47
Save us, O LORD our God, and gather us from the nations, that we may give thanks to Your holy name, that we may glory in Your praise.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The psalmist voices a corporate petition for rescue and restoration, placed immediately after a note on God's compassion toward captives and just before a concluding doxology.
The words — The request centers on הוֹשִׁיעֵ֨/נוּ (ho.shi.'E./nu, "save us") and וְ/קַבְּצֵ/נוּ֮ (ve./ka.be.tze./Nu, "and gather us"), which pair deliverance with regathering.
The thread — The petition parallels 1 Chronicles 16:35 while adapting its phrasing, and its thanksgiving focus aligns with the worship scene in Revelation 7:10.
Why it lands — The text requires the community to offer thanks and public praise to God's name, contingent upon His act of gathering them from the nations.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
Save us, O Lord our God, and gather us from among the heathen, to give thanks unto thy holy name, and to triumph in thy praise.
Cross-references
- 1 Chronicles 16:35 Then cry out: ‘Save us, O God of our salvation; gather and deliver us from the nations, that we may give thanks to Your holy name, that we may glory in Your praise.’
- 2 Corinthians 2:14 But thanks be to God, who always leads us triumphantly as captives in Christ and through us spreads everywhere the fragrance of the knowledge of Him.
- Revelation 7:10 And they cried out in a loud voice: “Salvation to our God, who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb!”
- Psalms 14:7 Oh, that the salvation of Israel would come from Zion! When the LORD restores His captive people, let Jacob rejoice, let Israel be glad!
- Psalms 107:1 Give thanks to the LORD, for He is good; His loving devotion endures forever.
- Ezekiel 36:24 For I will take you from among the nations and gather you out of all the countries, and I will bring you back into your own land.
- Psalms 126:1 A song of ascents. When the LORD restored the captives of Zion, we were like dreamers.
- Psalms 147:2 The LORD builds up Jerusalem; He gathers the exiles of Israel.
- Jeremiah 32:37 I will surely gather My people from all the lands to which I have banished them in My furious anger and great wrath, and I will return them to this place and make them dwell in safety.
- Ezekiel 37:21 you are to tell them that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘I will take the Israelites out of the nations to which they have gone, and I will gather them from all around and bring them into their own land.