Psalm 136:1
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New International Version (©1984)
Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good. His love endures forever.

New American Standard Bible (©1995)
Give thanks to the LORD, for He is good, For His lovingkindness is everlasting.

GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995)
Give thanks to the LORD because he is good, because his mercy endures forever.

King James Bible
O give thanks unto the LORD; for he is good: for his mercy endureth for ever.

American King James Version
O give thanks to the LORD; for he is good: for his mercy endures for ever.

American Standard Version
Oh give thanks unto Jehovah; for he is good; For his lovingkindness endureth for ever.

Bible in Basic English
O give praise to the Lord, for he is good: for his mercy is unchanging for ever.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Praise the Lord, for he is good: for his mercy endureth for ever.

Darby Bible Translation
Give ye thanks unto Jehovah, for he is good; for his loving-kindness endureth for ever:

English Revised Version
O GIVE thanks unto the LORD; for he is good: for his mercy endureth for ever.

Webster's Bible Translation
O give thanks to the LORD; for he is good: for his mercy endureth for ever.

World English Bible
Give thanks to Yahweh, for he is good; for his loving kindness endures forever.

Young's Literal Translation
Give ye thanks to Jehovah, For good, for to the age is His kindness.

Geneva Study Bible

O give thanks unto the LORD; for he is good: for his {a} mercy endureth for ever.

(a) By this repetition he shows that the least of God's benefits bind us to thanksgiving: but chiefly his mercy, which is principally declared towards his Church.

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary

PSALM 136

Ps 136:1-26. The theme is the same as that of Psalm 135. God should be praised for His works of creation and providence, His deliverance and care of His people, and judgments on their enemies, and His goodness to all. The chorus to every verse is in terms of that of Ps 106:1; 118:1-4, and was perhaps used as the Amen by the people, in worship (compare 1Ch 16:36; Ps 105:45).

1-3. The divine titles denote supremacy.

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary

136:1-9 Forgetful as we are, things must be often repeated to us. By mercy we understand the Lord's disposition to save those whom sin has rendered miserable and vile, and all the provision he has made for the redemption of sinners by Jesus Christ. The counsels of this mercy have been from everlasting, and the effects of it will endure for ever, to all who are interested in it. The Lord continues equally ready to show mercy to all who seek for it, and this is the source of all our hope and comfort.


1 Chronicles 16:34 O give thanks to the LORD, for He is good; For His lovingkindness is everlasting.
1 Chronicles 16:41 With them were Heman and Jeduthun, and the rest who were chosen, who were designated by name, to give thanks to the LORD, because His lovingkindness is everlasting.
2 Chronicles 5:13 in unison when the trumpeters and the singers were to make themselves heard with one voice to praise and to glorify the LORD, and when they lifted up their voice accompanied by trumpets and cymbals and instruments of music, and when they praised the LORD saying,"He indeed is good for His lovingkindness is everlasting," then the house, the house of the LORD, was filled with a cloud,
2 Chronicles 7:3 All the sons of Israel, seeing the fire come down and the glory of the LORD upon the house, bowed down on the pavement with their faces to the ground, and they worshiped and gave praise to the LORD, saying, "Truly He is good, truly His lovingkindness is everlasting."
2 Chronicles 20:21 When he had consulted with the people, he appointed those who sang to the LORD and those who praised Him in holy attire, as they went out before the army and said, "Give thanks to the LORD, for His lovingkindness is everlasting."
Ezra 3:11 They sang, praising and giving thanks to the LORD, saying, "For He is good, for His lovingkindness is upon Israel forever." 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.
Psalm 100:5 For the LORD is good; His lovingkindness is everlasting And His faithfulness to all generations.
Psalm 106:1 Praise the LORD! Oh give thanks to the LORD, for He is good; For His lovingkindness is everlasting.
Psalm 107:1 Oh give thanks to the LORD, for He is good, For His lovingkindness is everlasting.
Psalm 118:1 Give thanks to the LORD, for He is good; For His lovingkindness is everlasting.
Jeremiah 33:11 the 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 the LORD of hosts, For the LORD is good, For His lovingkindness is everlasting"; and of those who bring a thank offering into the house of the LORD. For I will restore the fortunes of the land as they were at first,' says the LORD. (NASB ©1995)

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O give thanks unto the LORD; for he is good: for his mercy endureth for ever.

1 An exhortation to give thanks to God for particular mercies.

This Psalm is little else than a repetition of the preceding, with the addition of the burden, for his mercy endureth for ever, at the end of each verse; and it was doubtless composed on the same occasion. It seems evidently to have been a responsive song; the first part of the verse being probably sung by the Levites, and the burden by the people.

give thanks Ps 105:1 106:1 107:1 118:1 119:68 2Ch 7:3,6 Ezr 3:11 Jer 33:11

for his mercy Ps 103:17 1Ch 16:34,41 2Ch 20:21 Lu 1:50 Jude 1:21

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