106:1 Praise the Lord!
Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good,
and his loyal love endures! 2
Book 5
(Psalms 107-150)
107:1 Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good,
and his loyal love endures! 4
118:1 Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good
and his loyal love endures! 6
119:68 You are good and you do good.
Teach me your statutes!
136:1 Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good,
for his loyal love endures. 8
145:7 They will talk about the fame of your great kindness, 9
and sing about your justice. 10
145:8 The Lord is merciful and compassionate;
he is patient 11 and demonstrates great loyal love. 12
1 sn Psalm 106. The psalmist recalls Israel’s long history of rebellion against God, despite his mighty saving deeds on their behalf.
2 tn Heb “for forever [is] his loyal love.”
3 sn Psalm 107. The psalmist praises God for his kindness to his exiled people.
4 tn Heb “for forever [is] his loyal love.”
5 sn Psalm 118. The psalmist thanks God for his deliverance and urges others to join him in praise.
6 tn Or “is forever.”
7 sn Psalm 136. In this hymn the psalmist affirms that God is praiseworthy because of his enduring loyal love, sovereign authority, and compassion. Each verse of the psalm concludes with the refrain “for his loyal love endures.”
8 tn Or “is forever.”
9 tn Heb “the fame of the greatness of your goodness.”
10 tn The prefixed verbal forms in v. 7 are understood as imperfects, indicating how the psalmist expects his audience to respond to his praise. Another option is to take the forms as jussives, indicating the psalmist’s wish, “may they talk…and sing.”
11 tn Heb “slow to anger” (see Pss 86:15; 103:8).
12 tn Heb “and great of loyal love” (see Pss 86:15; 103:8).