Praise ye the LORD. O give thanks unto the LORD; for he is good: for his mercy endureth for ever.
Parallel translations
- WEB Praise Yahweh! Give thanks to Yahweh, for he is good, for his loving kindness endures forever.
- 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 every thing give thanks: for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you.
- Ps 105:1O give thanks unto the LORD; call upon his name: make known his deeds among the people.
- 1 Chr 16:34O give thanks unto the LORD; for he is good; for his mercy endureth for ever.
- Ps 136:1O give thanks unto the LORD; for he is good: for his mercy endureth for ever.
- 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 them that shall say, Praise the LORD of hosts: for the LORD is good; for his mercy endureth for ever: and of them that shall bring the sacrifice of praise into the house of the LORD. For I will cause to return the captivity of the land, as at the first, saith the LORD.
- Ps 118:1O give thanks unto the LORD; for he is good: because his mercy endureth for ever.
- Ps 107:1O give thanks unto the LORD, for he is good: for his mercy endureth for ever.
- Ps 105:45That they might observe his statutes, and keep his laws. Praise ye the LORD.
- Rom 5:20–21Moreover the law entered, that the offence might abound. But where sin abounded, grace did much more abound:
- Ezra 3:11And they sang together by course in praising and giving thanks unto the LORD; because he is good, for his mercy endureth for ever toward Israel. And all the people shouted with a great shout, when they praised the LORD, because the foundation of the house of the LORD was laid.
- Ps 103:17But the mercy of the LORD is from everlasting to everlasting upon them that fear him, and his righteousness unto children’s children;
- Ps 119:68Thou art good, and doest good; teach me thy statutes.
- Ps 100:4–5Enter into his gates with thanksgiving, and into his courts with praise: be thankful unto him, and bless his name.
- Matt 19:17And he said unto him, Why callest thou me good? there is none good but one, that is, God: but if thou wilt enter into life, keep the commandments.
- 1 Chr 16:41And with them Heman and Jeduthun, and the rest that were chosen, who were expressed by name, to give thanks to the LORD, because his mercy endureth for ever;
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