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Psalm 107:1

Give thanks to the LORD, for He is good; His loving devotion endures forever.
Psalm 107:1
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Give thanks to the Lord, for He is good and His steadfast love lasts forever.

Explanation

This is one of the best-known lines of praise in the Old Testament (also Psalm 106:1; 118:1; 136:1). Psalm 107 then tells story after story of people God rescued (107:4-32).

Original language
  • הֹד֣וּ (ho.Du): to give thanks
    Hebrew · Verb, hiphil, imperative, 2nd person, masculine, plural · Strong's H3034 · text: Leningrad Codex (as recorded in TAHOT)

    Give thanks.

    Source: STEP Bible (Tyndale House, Cambridge), TAHOT: Translators Amalgamated Hebrew Old Testament, STEPBible-Data commit ed476a8, Psalm 107:1, word 1

  • ט֑וֹב (Tov): be pleasing
    Hebrew · Verb, qal, perfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular · Strong's H2895 · text: Leningrad Codex (as recorded in TAHOT)

    Good.

    Source: STEP Bible (Tyndale House, Cambridge), TAHOT: Translators Amalgamated Hebrew Old Testament, STEPBible-Data commit ed476a8, Psalm 107:1, word 4

  • חַסְדּֽוֹ (chas.Do): kindness
    Hebrew · Noun, masculine, singular, construct + Suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular · Strong's H2617A · text: Leningrad Codex (as recorded in TAHOT)

    Covenant loyalty: God's steadfast, faithful love. The BSB often translates it "loving devotion".

    Source: STEP Bible (Tyndale House, Cambridge), TAHOT: Translators Amalgamated Hebrew Old Testament, STEPBible-Data commit ed476a8, Psalm 107:1, word 7

Cross-references
  • Psalm 136:1 · Parallel account

    The same words open Psalm 136.

  • 1 Chronicles 16:34 · Parallel account

    The same praise when the ark came to Jerusalem.

  • Psalm 107:2 · Surrounding passage

    Let the redeemed of the LORD say so.

Sources

Original language and places

Reference data from open datasets, shown as published by their sources. Word-by-word English is a literal guide, not a translation.

Original language (Hebrew)

הֹד֣וּ לַיהוָ֣ה כִּי־ט֑וֹב כִּ֖י לְעוֹלָ֣ם חַסְדּֽוֹ׃

  1. הֹד֣וּho.Du“give thanks”
    Verb, hiphil, imperative, 2nd person, masculine, plural · from יָדָה · “to give thanks” · Strong's H3034
  2. לַיהוָ֣הla.Yah.weh“to Yahweh”
    Preposition + Noun, proper name, title · from יהוה · “LORD” · Strong's H3068G
  3. כִּי־ki-“for”
    Particle · from כִּי · “for” · Strong's H3588A
  4. ט֑וֹבTov“[he is] good”
    Verb, qal, perfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular · from טוֹב · “be pleasing” · Strong's H2895
  5. כִּ֖יki“for”
    Particle · from כִּי · “for” · Strong's H3588A
  6. לְעוֹלָ֣םle.'o.Lam“[is] for ever”
    Preposition + Noun, masculine, singular, absolute · from עוֹלָם · “enduring” · Strong's H5769G
  7. חַסְדּֽוֹ׃chas.Do“covenant loyalty his”
    Noun, masculine, singular, construct + Suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular · from חֶ֫סֶד · “kindness” · Strong's H2617A
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  • Hebrew and Aramaic words: STEP Bible (STEPBible.org), based on work at Tyndale House, Cambridge. CC BY 4.0. Source (version ed476a8)