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Psalms 136:1

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge · Canne, Browne, Blayney, Scott, and others · Public Domain

(Title), This Psalm is little else than a repetition of the preceding, with the addition of the burden, "for his mercy endureth for ever," at the end of each verse; and it was doubtless composed on the same occasion. It seems evidently to have been a responsive song; the first part of the verse being probably sung by the Levites, and the burden by the people.

Give thanks: Psalms 105:1, Psalms 106:1, Psalms 107:1, Psalms 118:1, Psalms 119:68; 2 Chronicles 7:3, 2 Chronicles 7:6; Ezra 3:11; Jeremiah 33:11

for his mercy: Psalms 103:17; 1 Chronicles 16:34, 1 Chronicles 16:41; 2 Chronicles 20:21; Luke 1:50; Jude 1:21

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