Psalms 118:1
O give thanks to the LORD, for he is good; For his kindness endureth for ever!
Noyes 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 now say, His kindness endureth for ever!
Cross References
Psalms 100:5For the LORD is good; his mercy is everlasting; And his truth endureth to all generations.
Psalms 106:1Praise ye the LORD! O give thanks to the LORD, for he is good; For his mercy endureth for ever!
Psalms 118:29O give thanks to the LORD, for he is good; For his kindness endureth for ever!
Jeremiah 33:11The voice of joy and the voice of gladness, The voice of the bridegroom and the voice of the bride, The voice of them that say, “Praise ye Jehovah of hosts, For Jehovah is good, For his mercy endureth forever!” And of them that bring an offering of praise to the house of Jehovah. For I will restore the captives of the land, As at the first, 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 →