| Psalm 106 | |
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| "Praise ye the LORD. O give thanks unto the LORD"; for he is good. | |
 Illuminated manuscript of Psalm 106:1-8 in the St. Albans Psalter, beginning with initial C for Confitemini | |
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| Language | Hebrew (original) |
| Psalm 106 | |
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| Book | Book of Psalms |
| Hebrew Bible part | Ketuvim |
| Order in the Hebrew part | 1 |
| Category | Sifrei Emet |
| Christian Bible part | Old Testament |
| Order in the Christian part | 19 |
Psalm 106 is the 106th psalm of the Book of Psalms, beginning in English in the King James Version: "Praise ye the LORD. O give thanks unto the LORD; for he is good". The Book of Psalms is part of the third section of the Hebrew Bible, and a book of the Christian Old Testament. In the slightly different numbering system used in the Greek Septuagint and Latin Vulgate translations of the Bible, this psalm is Psalm 105. In Latin, it is known by the incipit, "Confitemini Domino quoniam bonus".[1] Alexander Kirkpatrick observes that the two historical psalms, Psalms 105 and 106, are closely related. Psalm 105 gives thanks for God's faithfulness to the covenant he made with Abraham; Psalm 106 is a psalm of penitence, reciting the history of Israel's faithlessness and disobedience.[2] He also notes that this psalm and Psalm 107 "are closely connected together", arguing that "the division of the fourth and fifth books does not correspond to any difference of source or character, as is the case in the other books".[3]
Psalm 106 is used in both Jewish and Christian liturgies. It has been paraphrased in hymns, and set to music.
- ^ Parallel Latin/English Psalter / Psalmus 105 (106) medievalist.net
- ^ Kirkpatrick, A. (1906), Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges on Psalm 105, accessed 2 May 2022
- ^ Kirkpatrick, A. (1906), Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges on Psalm 106, accessed 4 May 2022