Praise Yahweh! Give thanks to Yahweh, for he is good, for his loving kindness endures forever.
Parallel translations
- KJV Praise ye the LORD. O give thanks unto the LORD; for he is good: for his mercy endureth for ever.
- BSB Hallelujah! Give thanks to the LORD, for He is good; His loving devotion endures forever.
- NKJV Praise the Lord! Oh, give thanks to the Lord, for He is good! For His mercy endures forever.
- NASB Praise the Lord! Oh give thanks to the Lord, for He is good; For His mercy is everlasting.
- NLT Praise the Lord! Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good! His faithful love endures forever.
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Quick answer
The psalm opens by calling for thanks to the LORD, who is good and whose steadfast love endures forever. It matters because God's enduring mercy is the ground of all praise.
Overview
This refrain of thanksgiving frames Psalm 106, a confession of Israel's repeated sin. Even as the psalm rehearses failure, it begins with God's unchanging goodness and covenant love. His mercy that endures forever is the only hope for a sinful people, fully displayed in Christ.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 15
- 1 Th 5:18In everything give thanks, for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus toward you.
- Ps 105:1Give thanks to Yahweh! Call on his name! Make his doings known among the peoples.
- 1 Chr 16:34Oh give thanks to Yahweh, for he is good, for his loving kindness endures forever.
- Ps 136:1Give thanks to Yahweh, for he is good; for his loving kindness endures forever.
- Jer 33:11the voice of joy and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom and the voice of the bride, the voice of those who say, ‘Give thanks to Yahweh of Armies, for Yahweh is good, for his loving kindness endures forever;’ who bring thanksgiving into Yahweh’s house. For I will cause the captivity of the land to return as at the first,” says Yahweh.
- Ps 118:1Give thanks to Yahweh, for he is good, for his loving kindness endures forever.
- Ps 107:1Give thanks to Yahweh, for he is good, for his loving kindness endures forever.
- Ps 105:45that they might keep his statutes, and observe his laws. Praise Yah!
- Rom 5:20–21The law came in besides, that the trespass might abound; but where sin abounded, grace abounded more exceedingly;
- Ezra 3:11They sang to one another in praising and giving thanks to Yahweh, “For he is good, for his loving kindness endures forever toward Israel.” All the people shouted with a great shout, when they praised Yahweh, because the foundation of Yahweh’s house had been laid.
- Ps 103:17But Yahweh’s loving kindness is from everlasting to everlasting with those who fear him, his righteousness to children’s children;
- Ps 119:68You are good, and do good. Teach me your statutes.
- Ps 100:4–5Enter into his gates with thanksgiving, into his courts with praise. Give thanks to him, and bless his name.
- Matt 19:17He said to him, “Why do you call me good? No one is good but one, that is, God. But if you want to enter into life, keep the commandments.”
- 1 Chr 16:41and with them Heman and Jeduthun, and the rest who were chosen, who were mentioned by name, to give thanks to Yahweh, because his loving kindness endures forever;
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The Psalms are Christ's own prayer book and a gallery of his portraits — the suffering one of Psalm 22, the risen Lord of Psalm 16, the priest-king of Psalm 110, the Son to whom the nations are given.
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