Psalms 136:26 KJV — MannaFest

Psalms 136:26

O give thanks unto the God of heaven: for his mercy endureth for ever.

KJV

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ASV

Oh give thanks unto the God of heaven; For his lovingkindness endureth for ever.

WEB

Give thanks to the God of heaven! His loving devotion endures forever.

YLT

Give ye thanks to the God of the heavens, For to the age is His kindness!

DBT

Give ye thanks unto theGod of the heavens; for his loving-kindness [endureth] for ever.

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Psalms — The canon's longest book — 150 Psalms edited into five doxology-bookended books, composed across a millennium, attributed to David, Asaph, Korah's sons, Moses, Solomon, Heman, Ethan, and anonymous voices. A ''Torah of David''; the Bible's longest continuous liturgical-devotional corpus.

Author: David principally (73 Psalms + 2 NT-cited); Asaph, Sons of Korah, Solomon, Moses, Heman, Ethan; ~50 anonymous.
Date: Composed c. 1400 BC (Mosaic Ps 90) through the post-exilic period (Ps 126 ''when the Lord turned again the captivity of Zion''). Roughly a millennium of composition; editorial compilation likely into the Persian period.

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Psalms 136:1–3
O give thanks unto the Lord; for he is good: for his mercy endureth for ever.
Jonah 1:9
And he said unto them, I am an Hebrew; and I fear the Lord, the God of heaven, which hath made the sea and the dry land.
Nehemiah 1:4
And it came to pass, when I heard these words, that I sat down and wept, and mourned certain days, and fasted, and prayed before the God of heaven,
Psalms 123:1
Unto thee lift I up mine eyes, O thou that dwellest in the heavens.
Psalms 115:3
But our God is in the heavens: he hath done whatsoever he hath pleased.

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): Give thanks to the God of heaven. This denotes him to be a glorious God, and the glory of his mercy is to be taken notice of in our praises. The riches of his glory are displayed in the vessels of his mercy, Rom. ix.

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

5 To him that by wisdom made the heavens: for his mercy endureth for ever. 6 To him that stretched out the earth above the waters: for his mercy endureth for ever. 7 To him that made great lights: for his mercy endureth for ever: 8 The sun to rule by day: for his mercy endureth for ever: 9 The moon and stars to rule by night: for his mercy endureth for ever.

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

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