1 Give ye thanks to Jehovah, For good, for to the age [is] His kindness. 2 Give ye thanks to the God of gods, For to the age [is] His kindness. 3 Give ye thanks to the Lord of lords, For to the age [is] His kindness. 4 To Him doing great wonders by Himself alone, For to the age [is] His kindness. 5 To Him making the heavens by understanding, For to the age [is] His kindness. 6 To Him spreading the earth over the waters, For to the age [is] His kindness. 7 To Him making great lights, For to the age [is] His kindness. 8 The sun to rule by day, For to the age [is] His kindness. 9 The moon and stars to rule by night, For to the age [is] His kindness. 10 To Him smiting Egypt in their first-born, For to the age [is] His kindness. 11 And bringing forth Israel from their midst, For to the age [is] His kindness. 12 By a strong hand, and a stretched-out-arm, For to the age [is] His kindness. 13 To Him cutting the sea of Suph into parts, For to the age [is] His kindness, 14 And caused Israel to pass through its midst, For to the age [is] His kindness, 15 And shook out Pharaoh and his force in the sea of Suph, For to the age [is] His kindness. 16 To Him leading His people in a wilderness, For to the age [is] His kindness. 17 To Him smiting great kings, For to the age [is] His kindness. 18 Yea, He doth slay honourable kings, For to the age [is] His kindness. 19 Even Sihon king of the Amorite, For to the age [is] His kindness. 20 And Og king of Bashan, For to the age [is] His kindness. 21 And He gave their land for inheritance, For to the age [is] His kindness. 22 An inheritance to Israel His servant, For to the age [is] His kindness. 23 Who in our lowliness hath remembered us, For to the age [is] His kindness. 24 And He delivereth us from our adversaries, For to the age [is] His kindness. 25 Giving food to all flesh, For to the age [is] His kindness. 26 Give ye thanks to the God of the heavens, For to the age [is] His kindness!
Psalms · Young's Literal Translation
Psalm 136 Young's Literal Translation
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Notes on this text (1)
- Greek and Latin Bibles number most Psalms one lower than Hebrew and English Bibles.
Cross references (26)
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 118:1; 1 Chronicles 16:41; Psalm 106:1; Psalm 107:1
- 2 Deuteronomy 10:17; Psalm 97:9; Daniel 2:47; 2 Chronicles 2:5; Joshua 22:22
- 3 Revelation 17:14; Revelation 19:16; 1 Timothy 6:15
- 4 Psalm 72:18; Job 5:9; Psalm 86:10; Exodus 15:11; Revelation 15:3
- 5 Genesis 1:1; Psalm 104:24; Jeremiah 51:15; Psalm 33:6; Proverbs 8:22–29
- 6 Psalm 24:2; Jeremiah 10:12; Genesis 1:9; Isaiah 44:24; Isaiah 42:5
- 7 Psalm 104:19; Psalm 74:16–17; Genesis 1:14–19; Deuteronomy 4:19
- 8 Psalm 148:3; Jeremiah 31:35; Genesis 1:16; Matthew 5:45
- 9 Psalm 89:36–37; Job 31:26; Psalm 8:3
- 10 Exodus 12:29; Psalm 78:51; Psalm 135:8; Exodus 12:12; Psalm 105:36
- 11 Exodus 12:51; Exodus 13:3; 1 Samuel 12:6–8; Psalm 78:52; Exodus 13:17
- 12 Jeremiah 32:21; Deuteronomy 4:34; Exodus 6:6; Psalm 44:3; Exodus 13:14
- 13 Psalm 78:13; Psalm 106:9–11; Exodus 14:29; Exodus 14:21–22; Psalm 74:13
- 14 Exodus 14:22; Psalm 106:9; Psalm 78:13
- 15 Psalm 78:53; Psalm 135:9; Nehemiah 9:10–11; Psalm 65:5; Exodus 15:10–13
- 16 Deuteronomy 8:15; Exodus 15:22; Exodus 13:18; Deuteronomy 8:2; Psalm 77:20
- 17 Psalm 135:10–12; Joshua 12:1–24
- 18 Deuteronomy 29:7
- 19 Deuteronomy 29:7; Deuteronomy 2:30–36; Numbers 21:21–24
- 20 Numbers 21:33; Deuteronomy 3:1–29
- 21 Psalm 135:12; Psalm 44:2–3; Numbers 32:33–42; Psalm 78:55; Joshua 12:1–7
- 22 Psalm 47:4; Psalm 105:6
- 23 Isaiah 63:9; Luke 1:48; Psalm 142:6; Deuteronomy 32:36; 1 Samuel 2:7–8
- 24 Psalm 107:2; Exodus 15:13; Luke 1:68–74; Deuteronomy 15:15; Isaiah 63:9
- 25 Psalm 104:27; Psalm 145:15; Psalm 147:9
- 26 Psalm 136:1–3; Jonah 1:9; Nehemiah 1:4; Psalm 123:1; Psalm 115:3
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What the Fathers said
Passages from the Church Fathers that expound or quote this chapter, verbatim from the public-domain Schaff edition (19th-century English translations).
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“Commentary” is the opening of a homily or exposition on this chapter (John Chrysostom’s homilies, Augustine’s tractates, sermons and expositions of the Psalms). “Quotes” are sentences where the edition’s own footnotes identify a quotation of a verse here, kept only when the wording matches the verse. Only works whose authorship is not in doubt are used. Psalms follow the Hebrew/English numbering (Augustine numbers them as the Septuagint does: his Psalm 50 is Psalm 51 here).
But not yet did I perceive the hinge on which this impotent matter turned in Thy wisdom, O Thou Omnipotent, "who alone doest great wonders;" and my mind ranged through corporeal forms, and I defined and distinguished as "fair," that which is so in itself, and "fit," that which is beautiful as it corresponds to some other thing; and this …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 1 (1886)
… now the faithful earth is separated from the waters of the sea, rendered bitter by infidelity; and "tongues are for a sign, not to those that believe, but to those that believe not." Nor then doth the earth, which Thou hast founded above the waters, stand in need of that flying kind which at Thy word the waters brought forth.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 1 (1886)
… they see fit to call such blessed and immortal creatures gods, this need not give rise to any serious discussion between us, since in our own Scriptures we read, "The God of gods, the Lord hath spoken;" and again, "Confess to the God of gods;" and again, "He is a great King above all gods." And where it is said, …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 2 (1887)