Psalms 118:1
Alleluia. Blessed are the immaculate in the way, who walk in the law of the Lord.
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
O give thanks unto the LORD; for he is good: because his mercy endureth for ever.
In Context
2Blessed are those who examine his testimonies. They seek him with their whole heart.
Cross References
1 Chronicles 16:8“Confess to the Lord, and invoke his name. Make known his endeavors among the peoples.
Psalms 100:5The one who secretly detracted his neighbor, this one I pursued. The one with an arrogant eye and an insatiable heart, with that one I would not eat.
Psalms 106:1Alleluia. Confess to the Lord, for he is good, for his mercy is with every generation.
Psalms 118:29Remove the way of iniquity from me, and have mercy on me by your law.
Jeremiah 33:11the voice of gladness and the voice of rejoicing, the voice of the groom and the voice of the bride, the voice of those who will say: ‘Confess to the Lord of hosts! For the Lord is good! For his mercy is eternal!’ and the voice of those fulfilling their vows in the house of the Lord. For I will lead back the turning away of the land, just as from the beginning, 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 →