Psalms 136:1
Give ye thanks to Jehovah, For good, for to the age [is] His kindness.
Young's Literal Translation
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 to the age [is] His kindness.
Cross References
1 Chronicles 16:41And with them [are] Heman and Jeduthun, and the rest of those chosen, who were defined by name, to give thanks to Jehovah, for to the age [is] His kindness,
2 Chronicles 7:6And the priests over their charges are standing, and the Levites with instruments of the song of Jehovah — that David the king made, to give thanks to Jehovah, for to the age [is] His kindness, in David's praising by their hand — and the priests are blowing trumpets over-against them, and all Israel are standing.
Ezra 3:11And they respond in praising and in giving thanks to Jehovah, for good, for to the age His kindness [is] over Israel, and all the people have shouted — a great shout — in giving praise to Jehovah, because the house of Jehovah hath been founded.
Psalms 103:17And the kindness of Jehovah [Is] from age even unto age on those fearing Him, And His righteousness to sons' sons,
Psalms 106:1Praise ye Jah, give thanks to Jehovah, For good, for to the age, [is] His kindness.
Psalms 118:1Give ye thanks to Jehovah, For good, for to the age [is] His kindness.
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 →