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Psalm 118:2

Let Israel now say that his loving kindness endures forever.

1Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good, for his loving kindness endures forever.
2Let Israel now say that his loving kindness endures forever.
3Let the house of Aaron now say that his loving kindness endures forever.
4Now let those who fear the LORD say that his loving kindness endures forever.
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Israel is asked to speak together, and the word “forever” gives their shared praise a reach beyond the moment in which they speak.

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Where else Scripture says this

5 passages readers most often link with this verse, and the thread each one shares with it.

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Psalm 115:9–11Israel, trust in the LORD! He is their help and their shield.Both address Israel as a people, urging trust in the LORD in one passage and a declaration of his enduring kindness in the other.
Psalm 145:10All your works will give thanks to you, LORD. Your saints will extol you.Both describe praise voiced by God's people, with Psalm 118 naming his enduring loving kindness as its reason.
Psalm 147:19–20He shows his word to Jacob, his statutes and his ordinances to Israel.Both name Israel in relation to God: receiving his word in one passage, declaring his enduring kindness in the other.
Psalm 135:19–20House of Israel, praise the LORD! House of Aaron, praise the LORD!Both address Israel and urge spoken praise of the LORD, with Psalm 118 specifying the declaration of his enduring kindness.
1 Peter 2:9–10But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God’s own possession, that you may proclaim the excellence of him who called you out …Both give God's people something to proclaim about him: enduring loving kindness in the psalm and his excellence in Peter.
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Encouragement

Your gratitude may rise and fade, yet Israel is given a declaration with no end date. The reason for this shared praise remains: God's loving kindness endures forever.

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Cross-reference data from OpenBible.info (CC BY). Scripture from the World English Bible (public domain). Arc diagram after Chris Harrison and Christoph Römhild (2007).