Psalms 136

Psalm 136

God’s Work in Creation and in History

¹O give thanks to the Lord , for he is good,[#2 Chr 20.21]

for his steadfast love endures forever.

²O give thanks to the God of gods,[#Deut 10.17]

for his steadfast love endures forever.

³O give thanks to the Lord of lords,

for his steadfast love endures forever;

⁴who alone does great wonders,[#Ps 72.18]

for his steadfast love endures forever;

⁵who by understanding made the heavens,[#Gen 1.1; Jer 51.15]

for his steadfast love endures forever;

⁶who spread out the earth on the waters,[#Gen 1.9; Jer 10.12]

for his steadfast love endures forever;

⁷who made the great lights,[#Gen 1.14, 16]

for his steadfast love endures forever;

⁸the sun to rule over the day,[#Gen 1.16]

for his steadfast love endures forever;

⁹the moon and stars to rule over the night,

for his steadfast love endures forever;

¹⁰who struck Egypt through their firstborn,[#Ex 12.29; Ps 135.8]

for his steadfast love endures forever;

¹¹and brought Israel out from among them,[#Ex 12.51]

for his steadfast love endures forever;

¹²with a strong hand and an outstretched arm,[#Ex 6.6; Deut 4.34]

for his steadfast love endures forever;

¹³who divided the Red Sea in two,[#Ex 14.21; Ps 78.13; #136.13 Or Sea of Reeds]

for his steadfast love endures forever;

¹⁴and made Israel pass through the midst of it,[#Ex 14.22]

for his steadfast love endures forever;

¹⁵but overthrew Pharaoh and his army in the Red Sea,[#Ex 14.27; Ps 135.9; #136.15 Or Sea of Reeds]

for his steadfast love endures forever;

¹⁶who led his people through the wilderness,[#Ex 13.18; Deut 8.15]

for his steadfast love endures forever;

who made water flow from the rock,

for his steadfast love endures forever;

¹⁷who struck down great kings,[#Ps 135.10–12]

for his steadfast love endures forever;

¹⁸and killed famous 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,[#Josh 12.1]

for his steadfast love endures forever;

²²a heritage to his servant Israel,

for his steadfast love endures forever.

²³It is he who remembered us in our low estate,[#Ps 113.7]

for his steadfast love endures forever;

²⁴and rescued us from our foes,[#Ps 107.2]

for his steadfast love endures forever;

²⁵who gives food to all flesh,[#Ps 104.27; 145.15]

for his steadfast love endures forever.

²⁶O give thanks to the God of heaven,

for his steadfast love endures forever.