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Psalm 136:1-2
New American Bible (Revised Edition)

Psalm 136[a]

Hymn of Thanksgiving for God’s Everlasting Mercy

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1 Praise the Lord, for he is good;(A)
    for his mercy endures forever;
2 Praise the God of gods;
    for his mercy endures forever;

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 136 The hymn praises Israel’s God (“the God of gods,” Ps 136:2), who has created the world in which Israel lives. The refrain occurring after every line suggests that a speaker and chorus sang the Psalm in antiphonal fashion. A single act of God is described in Ps 136:4–25. God arranges the heavens and the earth as the environment for human community, and then creates the community by freeing them and giving them land. In the final section (Ps 136:23–25) God, who created the people and gave them land, continues to protect and nurture them.
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