Hallelujah! Give thanks to the LORD, for He is good; His loving devotion endures forever.
Parallel translations
- WEB Praise Yahweh! Give thanks to Yahweh, for he is good, for his loving kindness endures forever.
- KJV Praise ye the LORD. O give thanks unto the LORD; for he is good: for his mercy endureth for ever.
- 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 5:18Give thanks in every circumstance, for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.
- Ps 105:1Give thanks to the LORD, call upon His name; make known His deeds among the nations.
- 1 Chr 16:34Give thanks to the LORD, for He is good; His loving devotion endures forever.
- Ps 136:1Give thanks to the LORD, for He is good. His loving devotion endures forever.
- Jer 33:11the sounds of joy and gladness, the voices of the bride and bridegroom, and the voices of those bringing thank offerings into the house of the LORD, saying: ‘Give thanks to the LORD of Hosts, for the LORD is good; His loving devotion endures forever.’ For I will restore the land from captivity as in former times, says the LORD.
- Ps 118:1Give thanks to the LORD, for He is good; His loving devotion endures forever.
- Ps 107:1Give thanks to the LORD, for He is good; His loving devotion endures forever.
- Ps 105:45that they might keep His statutes and obey His laws. Hallelujah!
- Rom 5:20–21The law came in so that the trespass would increase; but where sin increased, grace increased all the more,
- Ezra 3:11And they sang responsively with praise and thanksgiving to the LORD: “For He is good; for His loving devotion to Israel endures forever.” Then all the people gave a great shout of praise to the LORD, because the foundation of the house of the LORD had been laid.
- Ps 103:17But from everlasting to everlasting the loving devotion of the LORD extends to those who fear Him, and His righteousness to their children’s children—
- Ps 119:68You are good, and You do what is good; teach me Your statutes.
- Ps 100:4–5Enter His gates with thanksgiving and His courts with praise; give thanks to Him and bless His name.
- Matt 19:17“Why do you ask Me about what is good?” Jesus replied. “There is only One who is good. If you want to enter life, keep the commandments.”
- 1 Chr 16:41With them were Heman, Jeduthun, and the rest of those chosen and designated by name to give thanks to the LORD, for “His loving devotion 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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