Psalms 107:22

The call to 'sacrifice the sacrifices of thanksgiving, and declare his works with rejoicing' concludes one of the four salvation-tableaux of Psalm 107 (those delivered from danger at sea, verse 23-30) with a liturgical response. The 'sacrifice of thanksgiving' (zevah todah) was a specific Levitical offering (Leviticus 7:12-15) involving a peace offering accompanied by leavened bread and verbal praise — one of the few categories where the sacrificial and verbal elements were explicitly integrated. Hebrews 13:15's 'sacrifice of praise to God continually, that is, the fruit of our lips giving thanks to his name' fulfils this Levitical institution in a non-sacrificial register, applying it to every believer's regular worship. The psalm's fourfold structure — deliverance in various crises, each concluded with this same liturgical call — suggests that every experience of divine rescue is meant to generate and sustain communal praise.