Psalm 136

His Steadfast Love Endures Forever

¹Give thanks to the Lord , for he is good,[#Ps. 106:1; 107:1; 118:1]

for his steadfast love endures forever.

²Give thanks to the God of gods,[#Deut. 10:17]

for his steadfast love endures forever.

³Give thanks to the Lord of lords,[#2]

for his steadfast love endures forever;

⁴to him who alone does great wonders,[#Ps. 72:18]

for his steadfast love endures forever;

⁵to him who by understanding made the heavens,[#Prov. 3:19; Jer. 10:12; 51:15; #Gen. 1:1]

for his steadfast love endures forever;

⁶to him who spread out the earth above the waters,[#Isa. 42:5; 44:24; #Ps. 24:2]

for his steadfast love endures forever;

⁷to him who made the great lights,[#Gen. 1:16]

for his steadfast love endures forever;

⁸the sun to rule over the day,

for his steadfast love endures forever;

⁹the moon and stars to rule over the night,

for his steadfast love endures forever;

¹⁰to him who struck down the firstborn of Egypt,[#Ps. 78:51]

for his steadfast love endures forever;

¹¹and brought Israel out from among them,[#Ex. 12:51; 13:3]

for his steadfast love endures forever;

¹²with a strong hand and an outstretched arm,[#Deut. 4:34]

for his steadfast love endures forever;

¹³to him who divided the Red Sea in two,[#Ps. 78:13]

for his steadfast love endures forever;

¹⁴and made Israel pass through the midst of it,[#Ex. 14:21, 22]

for his steadfast love endures forever;

¹⁵but overthrew Pharaoh and his host in the Red Sea,[#Ex. 14:27; Ps. 78:53; #136:15 Hebrew]

for his steadfast love endures forever;

¹⁶to him who led his people through the wilderness,[#Ex. 15:22; Deut. 8:15; Ps. 77:20]

for his steadfast love endures forever;

¹⁷to him who struck down great kings,[#Ps. 135:10-12]

for his steadfast love endures forever;

¹⁸and killed mighty kings,

for his steadfast love endures forever;

¹⁹Sihon, king of the Amorites,

for his steadfast love endures forever;

²⁰and Og, king of Bashan,

for his steadfast love endures forever;

²¹and gave their land as a heritage,

for his steadfast love endures forever;

²²a heritage to Israel his servant,[#Ps. 105:6, 26]

for his steadfast love endures forever.

²³It is he who remembered us in our low estate,[#Gen. 8:1; Deut. 32:36]

for his steadfast love endures forever;

²⁴and rescued us from our foes,[#Ps. 107:2]

for his steadfast love endures forever;

²⁵he who gives food to all flesh,[#Ps. 104:27; Job 36:31]

for his steadfast love endures forever.

²⁶Give thanks to the God of heaven,[#Ezra 5:12; Neh. 1:4; Dan. 2:18]

for his steadfast love endures forever.