Psalms 136:1
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: for his mercy endureth for ever.
In Context
2O give thanks to the God of gods, for his loving kindness [is] forever.
Cross References
1 Chronicles 16:41And with them Heman and Jeduthun, and the rest that were chosen, who were mentioned by name, to give thanks to LORD because his loving kindness [is] forever.
2 Chronicles 7:6And the priests stood according to their offices, also the Levites with instruments of music of LORD, which David the king had made to give thanks to LORD (for his loving kindness [is] forever) when David praised by their ministry,
Ezra 3:11And they sang one to another in praising and giving thanks to LORD, [saying], For he is good, for his loving kindness [is] forever toward Israel. And all the people shouted with a great shout, when they praised LORD, because the fo
Psalms 103:17But the loving kindness of LORD is from everlasting to everlasting upon those who fear him, and his righteousness to son's sons,
Psalms 106:1Praise ye LORD. O give thanks to LORD, for he is good, for his loving kindness [is] forever.
Psalms 118:1O give thanks to LORD, for he is good, for his loving kindness [is] forever.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 136:1
The scope of this psalm is the same with that of the foregoing psalm , but there is something very singular in the composition of it; for the latter half of each verse is the same, repeated throughout the psalm, "for his mercy endureth for ever," and yet no vain repetition. It is allowed that such burdens, or "keepings," as we call them, add very much to the beauty of a song, and help to make it moving and affecting; nor can any verse contain more weighty matter, or more worthy to be thus repeated, than this, that… Read the whole commentary →