Psalms 118:1
Give thanks to the Lord for his goodness, his kindness endures forever.
Open English Bible (US)
In The King James Version
O give thanks unto the LORD; for he is good: because his mercy endureth for ever.
In Context
2Let the house of Israel now say: his kindness endures forever.
Cross References
Psalms 100:5For the Lord is good, his love is forever, and to all ages endures his faithfulness.
Psalms 106:1Hallelujah! Give thanks to the Lord for his goodness, for his kindness endures forever.
Psalms 118:29Give thanks to the Lord for his goodness: his kindness endures forever.
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 →