Psalm 107:15 calls God’s people to praise the LORD for his steadfast love and for the wonderful things he does for human beings. The verse is an invitation to respond to rescue with gratitude, not a promise that every trouble will end the way we hope. The psalm’s words come from a writer who gathered testimonies of people God had delivered and asked them, and everyone who heard, to speak thanks out loud.
Let them praise the LORD for his loving kindness, for his wonderful deeds to the children of men!
Psalm 107:15 (WEB)
What Psalm 107:15 Means
The verse begins with a command: “Let them praise.” It is an open invitation rather than a demand aimed at one person. The writer wants the redeemed to speak their gratitude so that others hear it, and the worship is meant to be shared, not kept private.
The object of praise is “the LORD,” the covenant name of God, and the reason given is “his loving kindness.” That word translates a Hebrew term that means faithful, committed, steadfast love. It describes a love that holds to its promises even when the people involved have not held to theirs. The second half points to “his wonderful deeds to the children of men,” meaning the specific acts of rescue that ordinary people have experienced.
What the verse does not promise is that praise will instantly fix a problem or that gratitude is a way to earn deliverance. It simply names what happens when God acts: people see his faithfulness and cannot help speaking about it.
The Context of Psalm 107:15
Psalm 107 belongs to the fifth and final book of the Psalter and opens with a call to give thanks because the LORD’s love endures forever. Its authorship is not stated, and it is traditionally associated with David or with the Levitical singers, though scholars generally hold that the psalm was shaped for communal worship, perhaps for a gathering of returned exiles or pilgrims.
The verses just before and after show the pattern. In verses 12 to 14, people fall into hardship, cry to the LORD in their trouble, and are brought out of darkness and their chains are broken. Verse 15 is the response to that rescue. Verse 16 then describes the breaking of gates of brass, and verses 17 and 18 show the consequences of foolish rebellion. Read this way, the call to praise is not a detached sentiment but the natural conclusion of a story of distress and deliverance.
Key Phrases in Psalm 107:15
Psalm 136:1
Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good; for his loving kindness endures forever.
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Psalm 136 repeats a refrain of thanks for the LORD’s enduring love across its whole length, and this opening line gathers the same call to give thanks. Reading it alongside Psalm 107:15 shows that gratitude for steadfast love was a central habit of Israel’s worship, rehearsed in song so the community would not forget what God had done.
Lamentations 3:22-23
22 It is because of the LORD’s loving kindnesses that we are not consumed, because his compassion doesn’t fail. 23 They are new every morning. Great is your faithfulness.
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These verses come from a book written in the aftermath of national disaster, yet they affirm that the LORD’s steadfast love does not come to an end. Paired with Psalm 107:15, they remind you that praise often rises most honestly from people who have been through real darkness and have found God faithful in the middle of it.
A Short Prayer From Psalm 107:15
Lord, you have shown your steadfast love to me in ways I have not always noticed or named. Help me to see the wonderful things you have done, both the large rescues and the quiet mercies of ordinary days. Loosen my tongue to speak your goodness to the people around me, so that they might also learn that you are faithful. Keep me from taking your kindness for granted, and let my thanks become a steady part of how I live. Amen.
