Psalms 106:1

Psalm 106 ¹ 

106:1 Praise the Lord!

Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good,

and his loyal love endures! ² 

Psalms 107:1

Book 5
(Psalms 107-150)

Psalm 107 ³ 

107:1 Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good,

and his loyal love endures! ⁴ 

Psalms 118:1

Psalm 118 ⁵ 

118:1 Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good

and his loyal love endures! ⁶ 

Psalms 119:68

119:68 You are good and you do good.

Teach me your statutes!

Psalms 136:1

Psalm 136 ⁷ 

136:1 Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good,

for his loyal love endures. ⁸ 

Psalms 145:7-8

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 

Matthew 19:17

19:17 He said to him, “Why do you ask me about what is good? There is only one who is good. But if you want to enter into life, keep the commandments.”

[106:1]  ¹ sn Psalm 106. The psalmist recalls Israel’s long history of rebellion against God, despite his mighty saving deeds on their behalf.

[106:1]  ² tn Heb “for forever [is] his loyal love.”

[107:1]  ³ sn Psalm 107. The psalmist praises God for his kindness to his exiled people.

[107:1]  ⁴ tn Heb “for forever [is] his loyal love.”

[118:1]  ⁵ sn Psalm 118. The psalmist thanks God for his deliverance and urges others to join him in praise.

[118:1]  ⁶ tn Or “is forever.”

[136:1]  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.”

[136:1]  ⁸ tn Or “is forever.”

[145:7]  ⁹ tn Heb “the fame of the greatness of your goodness.”

[145:7]  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.”

[145:8]  ¹¹ tn Heb “slow to anger” (see Pss 86:15; 103:8).

[145:8]  ¹² tn Heb “and great of loyal love” (see Pss 86:15; 103:8).