Psalms 136

Hymn of Thanksgiving for God’s Everlasting Mercy

¹Praise the Lord , for he is good;[#Ps 100:5; 118:1.]

for his mercy endures forever;

²Praise the God of gods;

for his mercy endures forever;

³Praise the Lord of lords;

for his mercy endures forever;

⁴Who alone has done great wonders,[#Ps 72:18.]

for his mercy endures forever;

⁵Who skillfully made the heavens,[#Gn 1:9–19.]

for his mercy endures forever;

⁶Who spread the earth upon the waters,[#Ps 24:2.]

for his mercy endures forever;

⁷Who made the great lights,

for his mercy endures forever;

⁸The sun to rule the day,

for his mercy endures forever;

⁹The moon and stars to rule the night,[#Jer 31:35.]

for his mercy endures forever;

¹⁰Who struck down the firstborn of Egypt,[#Ex 12:29, 51; 14:22, 27; 15:22; Ps 78:51–52; 135:8.]

for his mercy endures forever;

¹¹And led Israel from their midst,

for his mercy endures forever;

¹²With mighty hand and outstretched arm,[#Dt 4:34.]

for his mercy endures forever;

¹³Who split in two the Red Sea,

for his mercy endures forever;

¹⁴And led Israel through its midst,

for his mercy endures forever;

¹⁵But swept Pharaoh and his army into the Red Sea,[#Ex 14:21f.]

for his mercy endures forever;

¹⁶Who led the people through the desert,[#Dt 8:2, 15.]

for his mercy endures forever;

¹⁷Who struck down great kings,[#Ps 135:10–12.]

for his mercy endures forever;

¹⁸Slew powerful kings,

for his mercy endures forever;

¹⁹Sihon, king of the Amorites,

for his mercy endures forever;

²⁰Og, king of Bashan,

for his mercy endures forever;

²¹And made their lands a heritage,

for his mercy endures forever;

²²A heritage for Israel, his servant,[#: the land was given to Israel by God to be handed on to future generations.]

for his mercy endures forever.

²³The Lord remembered us in our low estate,

for his mercy endures forever;

²⁴Freed us from our foes,

for his mercy endures forever;

²⁵And gives bread to all flesh,

for his mercy endures forever.

²⁶Praise the God of heaven,

for his mercy endures forever.