Psalms 136:1 KJV — MannaFest

Psalms 136:1

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

KJV

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ASV

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

WEB

Give thanks to the LORD, for He is good. His loving devotion endures forever.

YLT

Give ye thanks to Jehovah, For good, for to the age is His kindness.

DBT

Give ye thanks unto Jehovah, for he is good; for his loving-kindness [endureth] for ever:

About this book

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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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Cross-references

29 verses on the floor

Psalms 138:8
The Lord will perfect that which concerneth me: thy mercy, O Lord, endureth for ever: forsake not the works of thine own hands.
1 Chronicles 16:34
O give thanks unto the Lord; for he is good; for his mercy endureth for ever.
Psalms 100:5
For the Lord is good; his mercy is everlasting; and his truth endureth to all generations.
Psalms 118:1
O give thanks unto the Lord; for he is good: because his mercy endureth for ever.
1 Chronicles 16:41
And 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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Voices3

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Paul in speaking of it, (Romans 3:23,) calls it emphatically by the general term of the glory of God, intimating, that while God should be praised for all his works, it is his mercy principally that we should glorify.

John Calvin· Commentaries, 1554reformed

), the God of gods, the God whom angels adore, from whom magistrates derive their power, and by whom all pretended deities are and shall be conquered (

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

): Give thanks to the Lord, not only because he does good, but because he is good (all the streams must be traced up to the fountain), not only because he is merciful to us, but because his mercy endures for ever, and will be drawn out to those that shall come after us.

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

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Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread — the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

H3034114× in canon H2617247× in canon

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The walk8

Where the connections lead

Two steps out along the cross-reference floor, votes-ranked — destinations reached by more than one path rise (the text's own hubs). Every stop is a page.

PSA 136:11CH 16:34 PSA 106:1
Reached by 3 independent paths from here.
PSA 136:1PSA 107:1 1CH 16:34
Reached by 3 independent paths from here.
PSA 136:11CH 16:34 2CH 7:3
Reached by 3 independent paths from here.
PSA 136:11CH 16:34 PSA 107:1
Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
PSA 136:1PSA 107:1 PSA 105:1
Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
PSA 136:1PSA 118:1 JER 33:11
Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
PSA 136:11CH 16:34 EZR 3:11
PSA 136:11CH 16:34 PSA 136:1-26

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