Psalms 118:1
Give ye thanks unto Jehovah; for he is good; for his loving-kindness [endureth] for ever.
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
O give thanks unto the LORD; for he is good: because his mercy endureth for ever.
In Context
2Oh let Israel say, that his loving-kindness [endureth] for ever.
Cross References
1 Chronicles 16:8Give thanks unto Jehovah, call upon his name; Make known his acts among the peoples.
Psalms 100:5For Jehovah is good; his loving-kindness [endureth] for ever; and his faithfulness from generation to generation.
Psalms 106:1Hallelujah! Give ye thanks unto Jehovah; for he is good; for his loving-kindness [endureth] for ever.
Psalms 118:29Give ye thanks unto Jehovah; for he is good; for his loving-kindness [endureth] for ever.
Jeremiah 33:11there shall again be heard the voice of mirth and the voice of joy, the voice of the bridegroom and the voice of the bride, the voice of them that say, Give ye thanks unto Jehovah of hosts; for Jehovah is good, for his loving-kindness [endureth] for ever, of them that bring thanksgiving unto the house of Jehovah. For I will turn the captivity of the land as in the beginning, saith Jehovah.
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 →