Psalms 118:1
Give ye thanks to Yahweh—For he is good, For, age-abiding, is his lovingkindness.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
O give thanks unto the LORD; for he is good: because his mercy endureth for ever.
In Context
2I pray you! let Israel, say, For, age-abiding, is his lovingkindness.
Cross References
1 Chronicles 16:8Give ye thanks to Yahweh, Call upon his name, Make known among the peoples, his doings;
Psalms 100:5For good is Yahweh, Age-abiding is his lovingkindness, And, unto generation after generation, his faithfulness.
Psalms 106:1Praise ye Yah, Give ye thanks to Yahweh—For he is good, For age-abiding, is his lovingkindness.
Psalms 118:29Give ye thanks to Yahweh—For he is good, For, age-abiding, is his lovingkindness.
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 who are saying, Praise ye Yahweh of hosts, For good is Yahweh For age-abiding is his lovingkindness, The voice of them who are bringing a thank-offering into the house of Yahweh,—For I will bring back the captives of the land, as at the first, Saith Yahweh.
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 →