Psalms 118:1
Tell Yahweh that you thank him very much for the good things that he has done for you He faithfully loves us, his people, forever.
Translation for Translators
In The King James Version
O give thanks unto the LORD; for he is good: because his mercy endureth for ever.
In Context
2You Israeli people should repeatedly shout, “He faithfully loves us, his people, forever!”
Cross References
1 Chronicles 16:8Thank God, and pray to him [MTY]. Tell the people of all nations what he has done.
Psalms 100:5because Yahweh always does good things for us. He faithfully loves us, and ◄is faithful/is loyal to us forever/will never forsake us►.
Psalms 106:1Praise Yahweh! Praise Yahweh, because he does good things for us; he faithfully loves us forever/continually!
Psalms 118:29Thank Yahweh, because he does good things for us He will faithfully love us forever.
Jeremiah 33:11some day people will again be happy and laugh. Brides and bridegrooms will again sing joyfully. And many other people will also sing joyfully as they bring their offerings to me to thank me for what I have done for them. They will sing this song: “ We thank you, the Commander of the armies of angels, because you are good to us. You faithfully love us forever.” They will sing that because I will cause the people of this land to be as prosperous as they were before.’
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 →