O give thanks unto the LORD, for he is good: for his mercy endureth for ever.
Parallel translations
- WEB Give thanks to Yahweh, for he is good, for his loving kindness endures forever.
- BSB Give thanks to the LORD, for He is good; His loving devotion endures forever.
- NKJV Oh, give thanks to the Lord, for He is good! For His mercy endures forever.
- NASB Give thanks to the Lord, for He is good, For His mercy is everlasting.
- NLT Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good! His faithful love endures forever.
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Quick answer
Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good and his loving kindness endures forever.
Overview
Opening the fifth book of the Psalter, this call to thanksgiving celebrates God's goodness and his everlasting covenant love (hesed). It became a refrain in Israel's worship, grounding gratitude in God's unchanging character rather than shifting circumstances. This enduring loving kindness is the same love that reaches its fullest expression in the redemption accomplished by Christ.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 15
- 1 Chr 16:34O give thanks unto the LORD; for he is good; for his mercy endureth for ever.
- Ps 106:1Praise ye the LORD. O give thanks unto the LORD; for he is good: for his mercy endureth for ever.
- 2 Chr 7:3And when all the children of Israel saw how the fire came down, and the glory of the LORD upon the house, they bowed themselves with their faces to the ground upon the pavement, and worshipped, and praised the LORD, saying, For he is good; for his mercy endureth for ever.
- Ps 105:1O give thanks unto the LORD; call upon his name: make known his deeds among the people.
- Ps 100:5For the LORD is good; his mercy is everlasting; and his truth endureth to all generations.
- Luke 1:50And his mercy is on them that fear him from generation to generation.
- Ps 118:1O give thanks unto the LORD; for he is good: because his mercy endureth for ever.
- 2 Chr 7:6And the priests waited on their offices: the Levites also with instruments of musick of the LORD, which David the king had made to praise the LORD, because his mercy endureth for ever, when David praised by their ministry; and the priests sounded trumpets before them, and all Israel stood.
- Ps 136:1–26O give thanks unto the LORD; for he is good: for his mercy endureth for ever.
- 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;
- 2 Chr 20:21And when he had consulted with the people, he appointed singers unto the LORD, and that should praise the beauty of holiness, as they went out before the army, and to say, Praise the LORD; for his mercy endureth for ever.
- Ps 119:68Thou art good, and doest good; teach me thy statutes.
- 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;
- 2 Chr 5:13It came even to pass, as the trumpeters and singers were as one, to make one sound to be heard in praising and thanking the LORD; and when they lifted up their voice with the trumpets and cymbals and instruments of musick, and praised the LORD, saying, For he is good; for his mercy endureth for ever: that then the house was filled with a cloud, even the house of the LORD;
- 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.
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