Thanks for the LORD’S Goodness to Israel.
1aGive thanks to the LORD, for bHe is good;For cHis lovingkindness endures forever.The ancient rabbis said that the twenty-six verses of this Psalm correspond to the twenty-six generations from Adam to Moses. They maintained that since these generations were not given the Torah (Law), they could not earn merit and were sustained only by God’s “lovingkindness.”1 Chr 16:34; Ps 106:1; 107:1; 118:1; Jer 33:112 Chr 5:13; 7:3; Ezra 3:11; Ps 100:51 Chr 16:41; 2 Chr 20:21; Ps 118:1-42 Give thanks to the aGod of gods,For His lovingkindness endures forever.Deut 10:173 Give thanks to the aLord of lords,For His lovingkindness endures forever.Deut 10:174 To Him who aalone does great wonders,For His lovingkindness endures forever;Deut 6:22; Job 9:10; Ps 72:185 To Him who amade the heavens bwith skill,For His lovingkindness endures forever;Gen 1:1Ps 104:24; Prov 3:19; Jer 10:12; 51:156 To Him who astretched out the earth upon the waters,For His lovingkindness endures forever;Gen 1:2, 6, 9; Ps 24:2; Is 42:5; 44:24; Jer 10:127 To Him who amade the great lights,For His lovingkindness endures forever;Gen 1:14-18; Ps 74:168 The asun to rule over the day,For His lovingkindness endures forever;Gen 1:169 The amoon and stars to rule by night,For His lovingkindness endures forever;Gen 1:16
10 To Him who astruck the firstborn of Egypt,For His lovingkindness endures forever; Ex 12:29Ex 12:29; Ps 78:51; 135:811 And abrought Israel out from among them,For His lovingkindness endures forever; Ex 12:51; 13:3, 17Ex 12:51; 13:3; Ps 105:4312 With a astrong hand and with an boutstretched arm,For His lovingkindness endures forever;Ex 6:1; 13:9; 1 Kin 8:42; Neh 1:10; Ps 44:3; Jer 32:21Ex 6:6; Deut 4:34; 5:15; 7:19; 9:29; 11:2; 2 Kin 17:36; 2 Chr 6:32; Jer 32:1713 To Him who adivided the 1Red Sea into parts,For His lovingkindness endures forever; Ex 14:21, 22Lit Sea of Reeds.Ex 14:21; Ps 66:6; 78:1314 And amade Israel pass through the midst of it,For His lovingkindness endures forever;Ex 14:22; Ps 106:915 But atossed Pharaoh and his army into the Red Sea,For His lovingkindness endures forever;Ex 14:27; Ps 78:53; 106:1116 To Him who aled His people through the wilderness,For His lovingkindness endures forever;Ex 13:18; 15:22; Deut 8:15; Ps 78:5217 To Him who astruck down great kings,For His lovingkindness endures forever;Ps 135:10-12; 136:17-2218 And akilled mighty kings,For His lovingkindness endures forever; Deut 29:7Deut 29:719 aSihon, king of the Amorites,For His lovingkindness endures forever; Num 21:21-24Num 21:21-2420 And aOg, king of Bashan,For His lovingkindness endures forever; Num 21:33-35Num 21:33-3521 And agave their land as a heritage,For His lovingkindness endures forever;Josh 12:122 Even a heritage to Israel His aservant,For His lovingkindness endures forever; Josh 12:1Ps 105:6; Is 41:8; 44:1; 45:4
23 Who faithfully aremembered us in our lowly condition,For His lovingkindness endures forever;Ps 9:12; 103:14; 106:4524 And has arescued us from our enemies,For His lovingkindness endures forever;Judg 6:9; Neh 9:28; Ps 107:225 Who agives food to all flesh,For His lovingkindness endures forever;Ps 104:27; 145:1526 Give thanks to the aGod of heaven,For His lovingkindness endures forever.Gen 24:3, 7; 2 Chr 36:23; Ezra 1:2; 5:11; Neh 1:4