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1O give thanks unto the LORD; for he is good: because his mercy endureth for ever.

Psalms 118:1

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

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

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

  • The 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.

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

Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 1-18)

It appears here, as often as elsewhere, that David had his heart full of the goodness of God. He loved to think of it, loved to speak of it, and was very solicitous that God might have the praise of it and others the comfort of it. The more our hearts are impressed with a sense of God’s goodness the more they will be enlarged in all manner of obedience. In these verses, I. He celebrates God’s merc…

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