Psalms 136:1-26

  • Jehovah’s loyal love endures forever

    • Heaven and earth skillfully made (5, 6)

    • Pharaoh died in the Red Sea (15)

    • God remembers the depressed (23)

    • Food to every living thing (25)

136  Give thanks to Jehovah, for he is good;+His loyal love endures forever.+  2  Give thanks to the God of gods,+For his loyal love endures forever.  3  Give thanks to the Lord of lords,For his loyal love endures forever.  4  He alone does great wonders,+For his loyal love endures forever.+  5  He skillfully made* the heavens,+For his loyal love endures forever.  6  He spread out the earth over the waters,+For his loyal love endures forever.  7  He made the great lights,+For his loyal love endures forever,  8  The sun to rule over the day,+For his loyal love endures forever,  9  The moon and the stars to rule over the night,+For his loyal love endures forever. 10  He struck down Egypt’s firstborn,+For his loyal love endures forever. 11  He brought Israel out from their midst,+For his loyal love endures forever, 12  With a mighty hand+ and an outstretched arm,For his loyal love endures forever. 13  He split the Red Sea in two,*+For his loyal love endures forever. 14  He caused Israel to pass through the middle of it,+For his loyal love endures forever. 15  He shook off Pharʹaoh and his army into the Red Sea,+For his loyal love endures forever. 16  He led his people through the wilderness,+For his loyal love endures forever. 17  He struck down great kings,+For his loyal love endures forever. 18  He killed mighty kings,For his loyal love endures forever, 19  Siʹhon+ the king of the Amʹor·ites,For his loyal love endures forever, 20  And Og+ the king of Baʹshan,For his loyal love endures forever. 21  He gave their land as an inheritance,+For his loyal love endures forever, 22  An inheritance to Israel his servant,For his loyal love endures forever. 23  He remembered us when we were low,+For his loyal love endures forever.+ 24  He kept rescuing us from our adversaries,+For his loyal love endures forever. 25  He gives food to every living thing,*+For his loyal love endures forever. 26  Give thanks to the God of the heavens,For his loyal love endures forever.

Footnotes

Or “made with understanding.”
Lit., “into pieces.”
Lit., “all flesh.”