Psalms 118:1
Give thanks to the LORD, for He is good; His loving devotion endures forever.
Majority Standard Bible
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 say, “His loving devotion endures forever.”
Cross References
1 Chronicles 16:8“Give thanks to the LORD; call upon His name; make known His deeds among the nations.
Psalms 100:5For the LORD is good, and His loving devotion endures forever; His faithfulness continues to all generations.
Psalms 106:1Hallelujah! Give thanks to the LORD, for He is good; His loving devotion endures forever.
Psalms 118:29Give thanks to the LORD, for He is good; His loving devotion endures forever.
Jeremiah 33:11the sounds of joy and gladness, the voices of the bride and bridegroom, and the voices of those bringing thank offerings into the house of the LORD, saying: ‘Give thanks to the LORD of Hosts, for the LORD is good; His loving devotion endures forever.’ For I will restore the land from captivity as in former times, 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 →