Remember covenant acts from Abraham to exodus: Call to praise and remember

Thanks, song, and seeking are aimed at deeds that must be made known

O give thanks unto the LORD; call upon his name: make known his deeds among the people. Sing unto him, sing psalms unto him: talk ye of all his wondrous works. Glory ye in his holy name: let the heart of them rejoice that seek the LORD. Seek the LORD, and his strength: seek his face evermore.

The historical hymn begins as worship, not as a lecture. Deeds are to be made known among the people. Seeking face and strength is repeated because memory will be the psalm's work. Glorying in the name is not a private brand.

Abraham's seed and Jacob's children are the ones told to remember

Remember his marvellous works that he hath done; his wonders, and the judgments of his mouth; O ye seed of Abraham his servant, ye children of Jacob his chosen.

The rememberers are named as Abraham's seed and Jacob's children. Covenant memory belongs first to that people. Later readers may overhear and give thanks. They may not steal the ancestors, and they may not turn this call into contempt for the people it addresses. Psalm 105 will praise faithfulness; Psalm 106 will confess failure. Neither poem is an outsider's weapon.