Psalms 118:1
O give praise to the Lord, for he is good: for his mercy is unchanging for ever.
Bible in Basic English
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 mercy is unchanging for ever.
Cross References
1 Chronicles 16:8O give praise to the Lord; give honour to his name, talking of his doings among the peoples.
Psalms 100:5For the Lord is good, and his mercy is never-ending; his faith is unchanging through all generations.
Psalms 106:1Let the Lord be praised. O give praise to the Lord, for he is good: for his mercy is unchanging for ever.
Psalms 118:29O give praise to the Lord, for he is good: for his mercy is unchanging for ever.
Jeremiah 33:11Happy sounds, the voice of joy, the voice of the newly-married man and the voice of the bride, the voices of those who say, Give praise to the Lord of armies, for the Lord is good, for his mercy is unchanging for ever: the voices of those who go with praise into the house of the Lord. For I will let the land come back to its first condition, says the Lord.
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 →