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Psalm 118:29

Oh give thanks to the LORD, for he is good, for his loving kindness endures forever.

27The LORD is God, and he has given us light. Bind the sacrifice with cords, even to the horns of the altar.
28You are my God, and I will give thanks to you. You are my God, I will exalt you.
29Oh give thanks to the LORD, for he is good, for his loving kindness endures forever.
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Notice

“Forever” stretches thanksgiving beyond the good you can name today, grounding it in YHWH’s goodness and the enduring character of his loving kindness.

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Where else Scripture says this

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

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Psalm 118:1Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good, for his loving kindness endures forever.The opening and closing verses repeat the same reasons for thanksgiving: the LORD is good, and his loving kindness 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 …Both texts thank the LORD for his goodness and enduring loving kindness; Ezra records these words sung at the temple’s foundation.
Psalm 103:17But the LORD’s loving kindness is from everlasting to everlasting with those who fear him, his righteousness to children’s children,Both passages speak of the LORD’s enduring loving kindness; Psalm 103 names those who fear him as its recipients.
Isaiah 63:7I will tell of the loving kindnesses of the LORD and the praises of the LORD, according to all that the LORD has given to us, and the great goodness toward the …Both passages praise the LORD’s goodness and loving kindness, with Isaiah recounting what the LORD has given to Israel.
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Encouragement

The psalm ends where it began, with thanks rooted in who YHWH is. His goodness remains the reason; his 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).