Psalm 136:1-3

Amplified Bible

Thanks for the Lord’s Goodness to Israel.

136 ^[a]Give thanks to the Lord, for He is good;
For His lovingkindness (graciousness, mercy, compassion) endures forever.
²
Give thanks to the God of gods,
For His lovingkindness endures forever.
³
Give thanks to the Lord of lords,
For His lovingkindness endures forever.

Read full chapter

Footnotes

Psalm 136:1 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.”