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Psalm 107:1 KJV
Psalms · chapter 107 · verse 1
O give thanks unto the LORD, for he is good: for his mercy endureth for ever.Psalm 107:1 · King James Version
What Psalm 107:1 means
The reason given isn't what he did for you, it's what he is: for he is good. Endureth for ever is the claim the rest of the psalm goes on to illustrate with four groups of people who cried unto the LORD in their trouble and were delivered.
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Psalm 107:1 in context
1O give thanks unto the LORD, for he is good: for his mercy endureth for ever.
2Let the redeemed of the LORD say so, whom he hath redeemed from the hand of the enemy;
3And gathered them out of the lands, from the east, and from the west, from the north, and from the south.
Commentary
Cross references
- 1 Chronicles 16:34
- Psalms 106:1
- 2 Chronicles 7:3
- Psalms 105:1
- Psalms 100:5
- Luke 1:50
- Psalms 118:1
- 2 Chronicles 7:6
Key words (Strong's)
- thanksyâdâhphysically, to throw at or awayH3034 →
- mercychêçêdkindnessH2617 →
- LORDYᵉhôvâhJehovah, Jewish national name of GodH3068 →
- goodṭôwbgood in the widest senseH2896 →
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Here is, I. A general call to all to give thanks to God, Psa 107:1. Let all that sing this psalm, or pray over it, set themselves herein to give thanks to the Lord; and those that have not any special matter for praise may furnish themselves with matter enough from God's universal goodness. In the fountain he is good;
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-9