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Psalm 136:24

and has delivered us from our adversaries, for his loving kindness endures forever;

23who remembered us in our low estate, for his loving kindness endures forever;
24and has delivered us from our adversaries, for his loving kindness endures forever;
25who gives food to every creature, for his loving kindness endures forever.
26Oh give thanks to the God of heaven, for his loving kindness endures forever.
Notice

Deliverance from adversaries becomes a reason for Israel’s thanks, as the repeated refrain ties a remembered rescue to God’s loving kindness that endures forever.

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Where else Scripture says this

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

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Psalm 44:7But you have saved us from our adversaries, and have shamed those who hate us.Both verses name adversaries and credit God with saving his people from them.
Psalm 107:2Let the redeemed by the LORD say so, whom he has redeemed from the hand of the adversary,Both passages connect deliverance from adversaries with God’s people speaking about what he has done.
Exodus 15:13“You, in your loving kindness, have led the people that you have redeemed. You have guided them in your strength to your holy habitation.Both passages connect God’s loving kindness with his action to rescue his people.
1 Kings 1:29The king vowed and said, “As the LORD lives, who has redeemed my soul out of all adversity,The psalm remembers deliverance from adversaries, while the king’s vow acknowledges the LORD’s rescue from adversity.
Psalm 106:10He saved them from the hand of him who hated them, and redeemed them from the hand of the enemy.Both verses remember God saving his people from enemies who had power to harm them.
Titus 2:14who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity and purify for himself a people for his own possession, zealous for good works.Both texts describe rescue, though the psalm names adversaries and Titus speaks of Christ redeeming people from iniquity.
Luke 1:68–74“Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel, for he has visited and redeemed his people;Both passages praise the God of Israel for acting to rescue his people.
Deuteronomy 15:15You shall remember that you were a slave in the land of Egypt, and the LORD your God redeemed you. Therefore I command you this thing today.Both passages look back on God’s rescue of his people, with Deuteronomy naming their slavery in Egypt.
Isaiah 63:9In all their affliction he was afflicted, and the angel of his presence saved them. In his love and in his pity he redeemed them. He bore them, and carried …Both passages connect God’s saving action with his love for his people.
Proverbs 23:10–11Don’t move the ancient boundary stone. Don’t encroach on the fields of the fatherless,The connection is limited to harm from others: the psalm praises deliverance, while Proverbs forbids encroaching on the fields of the fatherless.
Where this verse fits

Gratitude. answered prayer. praise and worship.

One step

Something small to carry out of this verse

Thank God for one remembered rescue

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Encouragement

Israel’s remembered rescue gives substance to its praise. Whatever danger remains in your own life, the claim of this refrain stands: 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).