Psalms 118:1
O give thanks to LORD, for he is good, for his loving kindness [is] forever.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
O give thanks unto the LORD; for he is good: because his mercy endureth for ever.
In Context
2Let Israel now say that his loving kindness [is] forever.
Cross References
1 Chronicles 16:8O give thanks to LORD. Call upon his name. Make known his doings among the peoples.
Psalms 100:5For LORD is good. His loving kindness [is] forever, and his faithfulness to all generations.
Psalms 106:1Praise ye LORD. O give thanks to LORD, for he is good, for his loving kindness [is] forever.
Psalms 118:29O give thanks to LORD, for he is good, for his loving kindness [is] forever.
Jeremiah 33:11the voice of joy and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom and the voice of the bride, the voice of those who say, Give thanks to LORD of hosts, for LORD is good, for his loving kindness [is] forever, [and of those] wh
Matthew Henry on Psalms 118:1
It is probable that David penned this psalm when he had, after many a story, weathered his point at last, and gained a full possession of the kingdom to which he had been anointed. He then invites and stirs up his friends to join with him, not only in a cheerful acknowledgment of God's goodness and a cheerful dependence upon that goodness for the future, but in a believing expectation of the promised Messiah, of whose kingdom and his exaltation to it his were typical. To him, it is certain, the prophet here bears… Read the whole commentary →