Sacrifices of Thanksgiving and Songs of Joy

Psalm 107.22, this morning, in which the psalmist says to let God's people offer sacrifices of thanksgiving and tell of his deeds in songs of joy. The Hebrew says, Let them sacrifice sacrifices of thanksgiving. I take this to mean, not that it is a a sacrifice to offer thanksgiving as we understand it, but that, in the same manner that they offer up other types of sacrifices to God, let them also offer up thanksgiving to God.

The Hebrew verb used in tell of his deeds ‏וְ ספר in songs of joy means to count or recount or relate, so I like to think the psalmist was telling us to list off God's deeds as we offer up songs of joy to him.