Psalms 118:1
O give thanks unto the Lord; for he is good; because unto eternity endureth his kindness.
Leeser Tanakh
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 then say so; because to eternity endureth his kindness.
Cross References
1 Chronicles 16:8O give thanks unto the Lord; call on his name; make known among the people his deeds.
Psalms 100:5For the Lord is good; to eternity endureth his kindness; and unto the latest generation his truth.
Psalms 106:1Hallelujah. Oh give thanks unto the Lord; for he is good: for to eternity endureth his kindness.
Psalms 118:29Oh give thanks unto the Lord; for he is good; because to eternity endureth his kindness.
Jeremiah 33:11The voice of gladness, and the voice of joy, the voice of the bridegroom, and the voice of the bride, the voice of those that say, “Give thanks unto the Lord of hosts; for the Lord is good; because to eternity endureth his kindness:” of those that bring thanksgiving-offering unto the house of the Lord. For I will cause to return the captivity of the land, as at the first, saith 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 →