Psalms 136:1
+ 136:1 Alex. omits.For David, a Psalm of Jeremias. By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat; and wept when we remembered Sion.
Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
O give thanks unto the LORD; for he is good: for his mercy endureth for ever.
In Context
2We hung our + 136:2 Gr. organs, or, instruments.harps on the willows in the midst of it.
Cross References
1 Chronicles 16:41And with him were Æman and Idithun, and the rest chosen out by name to praise the Lord, for his mercy endures for ever.
2 Chronicles 7:6And the priests were standing at their watches, and the Levites with instruments of music of the Lord, belonging to king David, to give thanks before the Lord, for his mercy endures for ever, with the hymns of David, by their ministry: and the priests were blowing the trumpets before them, and all Israel standing.
Ezra 3:11And they answered each other with praise and thanksgiving to the Lord, saying, For it is good, for his mercy to Israel endures for ever. And all the people shouted with a loud voice to praise the Lord at the laying the foundation of the house of the Lord.
Psalms 103:17There the sparrows will build their nests; and the house of the heron takes the lead among them.
Psalms 106:1Alleluia. Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good; for his mercy endures for ever.
Psalms 118:1Alleluia. Blessed are the blameless in the way, who walk in the law of the Lord.
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 →