1 O give praise to the Lord, for he is good: for his mercy is unchanging for ever. 2 Let Israel now say, that his mercy is unchanging for ever. 3 Let the house of Aaron now say, that his mercy is unchanging for ever. 4 Let all worshippers of the Lord now say, that his mercy is unchanging for ever. 5 I made my prayer to the Lord in my trouble: and the Lord gave me an answer, and put me in a wide place. 6 The Lord is on my side; I will have no fear: what is man able to do to me? 7 The Lord is my great helper: I will see my desire against my haters. 8 It is better to have faith in the Lord than to put one's hope in man. 9 It is better to have faith in the Lord than to put one's hope in rulers. 10 All the nations have come round me; but in the name of the Lord I will have them cut down. 11 They are round me, yes, they are all about me; but in the name of the Lord I will have them cut down. 12 They are round me like bees; but they are put out like a fire among thorns; for in the name of the Lord I will have them cut down. 13 I have been hard pushed by you, so that I might have a fall: but the Lord was my helper. 14 The Lord is my strength and my song; he has become my salvation. 15 The sound of joy and salvation is in the tents of the upright; the right hand of the Lord does works of power. 16 The right hand of the Lord is lifted up; the right hand of the Lord does works of power. 17 Life and not death will be my part, and I will give out the story of the works of the Lord. 18 The hand of Jah has been hard on me; but he has not given me up to death. 19 Let the doors of righteousness be open to me; I will go in and give praise to the Lord. 20 This is the door of the Lord's house; the workers of righteousness will go in through it. 21 I will give you praise, for you have given me an answer, and have become my salvation. 22 The stone which the builders put on one side has become the chief stone of the building. 23 This is the Lord's doing; it is a wonder in our eyes. 24 This is the day which the Lord has made; we will be full of joy and delight in it. 25 Send salvation now, O Lord; Lord, send us your blessing. 26 A blessing be on him who comes in the name of the Lord; we give you blessing from the house of the Lord. 27 The Lord is God, and he has given us light; let the holy dance be ordered with branches, even up to the horns of the altar. 28 You are my God, and I will give you praise; my God, and I will give honour to your name. 29 O give praise to the Lord, for he is good: for his mercy is unchanging for ever.
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Cross references (29)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 1 Chronicles 16:34; Psalm 107:1; Psalm 106:1; Jeremiah 33:11; Psalm 118:29
- 2 Psalm 115:9–11; Psalm 145:10; Psalm 135:19–20; Psalm 147:19–20; 1 Peter 2:9–10
- 3 Psalm 134:1–3; Revelation 5:8–10; Revelation 4:7–11; Revelation 1:6; 1 Peter 2:5
- 4 Psalm 22:23; Revelation 19:5
- 5 Psalm 18:19; Psalm 18:6; Psalm 120:1; Psalm 107:19; Psalm 130:1–2
- 6 Hebrews 13:6; Romans 8:31; Psalm 56:4; Psalm 56:11; Micah 7:8–10
- 7 Psalm 59:10; Psalm 54:4; Psalm 54:7; Psalm 55:18; Psalm 92:11
- 8 Psalm 40:4; Jeremiah 17:5–7; Psalm 62:8–9; Micah 7:5–7
- 9 Psalm 146:3–5; Ezekiel 29:7; Isaiah 31:1; Isaiah 30:2–3; Isaiah 31:8
- 10 Psalm 88:17; Revelation 20:8–9; Psalm 18:40; 2 Samuel 10:1–19; Zechariah 14:1–3
- 11 Psalm 88:17; Psalm 22:12–16; 1 Samuel 23:26; 1 Chronicles 19:10
- 12 Deuteronomy 1:44; 1 Samuel 17:45; Psalm 20:5; Ecclesiastes 7:6; Psalm 20:1
- 13 Psalm 140:4; Psalm 86:17; Micah 7:8; Psalm 18:17–18; Matthew 4:1–11
- 14 Isaiah 12:2; Psalm 18:2; Psalm 27:1; Exodus 15:2–6; Matthew 1:21–23
- 15 Psalm 89:13; Acts 2:46–47; Psalm 60:12; Psalm 98:1; Exodus 15:6
- 16 Exodus 15:6; Acts 2:32–36
- 17 John 11:4; Psalm 71:17–18; Isaiah 38:16–20; Psalm 6:5; Psalm 73:28
- 18 1 Corinthians 11:32; 2 Corinthians 6:9; Job 5:17–18; Proverbs 3:11–12; Psalm 94:12–13
- 19 Isaiah 26:2; Revelation 22:14; Psalm 9:13–14; Psalm 100:4; Isaiah 38:22
- 20 Revelation 21:24–27; Isaiah 26:2; Psalm 24:7; Psalm 24:9; Psalm 24:3–4
- 21 Psalm 116:1; Exodus 15:2; Psalm 118:14; Isaiah 49:8; Isaiah 12:2
- 22 Luke 20:17; Matthew 21:42; 1 Peter 2:4–8; Acts 4:11; Mark 12:10–11
- 23 Job 5:9; Ephesians 1:19–22; Acts 13:41; Acts 4:13; Acts 5:31–32
- 24 Psalm 84:10; Isaiah 58:13; Nehemiah 8:10; 2 Chronicles 20:26–28; 1 Kings 8:66
- 25 Psalm 90:17; Psalm 69:13; Psalm 20:9; Psalm 22:21; Psalm 69:1
- 26 Luke 19:38; Matthew 21:9; John 12:13; Matthew 23:39; Mark 11:9–10
- 27 Psalm 18:28; John 8:12; 1 Peter 2:9; Esther 8:16; Isaiah 60:1
- 28 Isaiah 25:1; Psalm 146:2; Exodus 15:2; Isaiah 12:2; Isaiah 25:9
- 29 Ezra 3:11; Psalm 118:1; Psalm 103:17; Isaiah 63:7
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(ver. 1). These are the courts of the Lord's house, this all His people, this the true Jerusalem. Let those rather listen who have refused to be the children of this city, since they have cut themselves off from the communion of all nations.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 8 (1888)
… which is set open for the attainment of life, as it is written, "Open to me the gates of righteousness; I will go in by them, and will praise the Lord: this is the gate of the Lord: the righteous shall enter in by it." Although, therefore, many gates have been set open, yet this gate of righteousness is that …
… understand that all the prophets announced His two advents: the one, indeed, in which He became a man subject to stripes, and knowing what it is to bear infirmity, and sat upon the foal of an ass, and was a stone rejected by the builders, and was led as a sheep to the slaughter, and by the stretching forth of …
… delude her in those visions and the answers she had from Thee,--some of which I have spoken of, and others not, --which she kept in her faithful breast, and, always petitioning, pressed upon Thee as Thine autograph. For Thou, "because Thy mercy endureth for ever," condescendest to those whose debts Thou hast pardoned, to become likewise a debtor by Thy …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 1 (1886)
For thus saith the holy Word: "The Lord hath severely chastened me, yet hath not given me over to death." "For whom the Lord loveth He chasteneth, and scourgeth every son whom He receiveth." "The righteous," saith it, "shall chasten me in mercy, and reprove me; but let not the oil of sinners make fat my head." And again he …