Psalms 136:1
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: for his mercy endureth for ever.
In Context
2Give ye thanks to the God of gods, For, age-abiding, is his lovingkindness.
Cross References
1 Chronicles 16:41and, with them, Heman and Jeduthun, and the rest of the chosen ones, who were distinguished by name,—to give thanks unto Yahweh, For, age-abiding, is his lovingkindness!
2 Chronicles 7:6while, the priests, over their charges, were standing, the Levites also, with the instruments for the songs of Yahweh, which David the king had made, for giving thanks unto Yahweh, For, age-abiding, is his lovingkindness, when David offered praise by their means,—and, the priests, kept on blowing trumpets over against them, while, all Israel, were standing.
Ezra 3:11And, when they made responses in offering praise and in giving thanks unto Yahweh—For he is good, for, age-abiding, is his lovingkindness, upon Israel, then, all the people, shouted with a great shout, in offering praise unto Yahweh, over the laying of the foundation of the house of Yahweh.
Psalms 103:17But, the lovingkindness of Yahweh, is from one age even to another, Upon them who revere him, And his righteousness, to children’s children:—
Psalms 106:1Praise ye Yah, Give ye thanks to Yahweh—For he is good, For age-abiding, is his lovingkindness.
Psalms 118:1Give ye thanks to Yahweh—For he is good, For, age-abiding, is his lovingkindness.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 136:1
The scope of this psalm is the same with that of the foregoing psalm , but there is something very singular in the composition of it; for the latter half of each verse is the same, repeated throughout the psalm, "for his mercy endureth for ever," and yet no vain repetition. It is allowed that such burdens, or "keepings," as we call them, add very much to the beauty of a song, and help to make it moving and affecting; nor can any verse contain more weighty matter, or more worthy to be thus repeated, than this, that… Read the whole commentary →