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Psalm 107:1
Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good, for his loving kindness endures forever.
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The repeated “for” gives thanksgiving a firm reason: YHWH is good, and his loving kindness lasts beyond any moment in which thanks is offered.
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Psalm 100:5For the LORD is good. His loving kindness endures forever, his faithfulness to all generations.Both psalms declare the LORD’s goodness and enduring loving kindness; Psalm 100 also names his faithfulness to all generations.
1 Chronicles 16:34Oh give thanks to the LORD, for he is good, for his loving kindness endures forever.Both passages urge thanks to the LORD with the same reasons: his goodness and his loving kindness that endures forever.
Psalm 106:1Praise the LORD! Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good, for his loving kindness endures forever.Psalm 106 joins praise to the same command to give thanks for the LORD’s goodness and enduring loving kindness.
2 Chronicles 7:3All the children of Israel looked on, when the fire came down, and the LORD’s glory was on the house. They bowed themselves with their faces to the ground on …Israel bows and gives thanks using the same declaration of the LORD’s goodness and enduring loving kindness found in Psalm 107.
2 Chronicles 20:21When he had taken counsel with the people, he appointed those who were to sing to the LORD and give praise in holy array as they go out before the army, and …The singers going before the army use the same reason for thanksgiving as the psalm: the LORD’s loving kindness endures forever.
Psalm 105:1Give thanks to the LORD! Call on his name! Make his doings known among the peoples.Both open with a command to thank the LORD; Psalm 105 continues by urging people to make his deeds known.
Psalm 136:1Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good, for his loving kindness endures forever.These verses use identical words to ground thanksgiving in the LORD’s goodness and his loving kindness that endures forever.
Ezra 3:11They sang to one another in praising and giving thanks to the LORD, “For he is good, for his loving kindness endures forever toward Israel.” All the people …At the laying of the temple foundation, the singers thank the LORD with the same declaration of goodness and enduring loving kindness.
Luke 1:50His mercy is for generations and generations on those who fear him.Both speak of God’s lasting kindness; Luke describes his mercy across generations toward those who fear him.
2 Chronicles 7:6The priests stood, according to their positions; the Levites also with instruments of music of the LORD, which David the king had made to give thanks to the …The temple musicians give thanks with the same declaration heard in the psalm: the LORD’s loving kindness endures forever.
1 Chronicles 16:41and with them Heman and Jeduthun and the rest who were chosen, who were mentioned by name, to give thanks to the LORD, because his loving kindness endures …Heman, Jeduthun, and the others give thanks for the same reason the psalm names: the LORD’s loving kindness endures forever.
2 Chronicles 5:13when the trumpeters and singers were as one, to make one sound to be heard in praising and thanking the LORD; and when they lifted up their voice with the …The united singers and trumpeters praise the LORD with the same words about goodness and enduring loving kindness that ground the psalm’s thanksgiving.
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Thanksgiving here rests on who YHWH is. As circumstances change, the reason for thanks remains: he is good, and his loving kindness has no end.
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