Psa 136:1

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Ps 136:1 An exhortation to give thanks to God for particular mercies.

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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.

Ps 105:1; Ps 106:1; Ps 107:1; Ps 118:1; Ps 119:68; 2Chr 7:3; 2Chr 7:6; Ezra 3:11; Jer 33:11

for his mercy.

Ps 103:17; 1Chr 16:34; 1Chr 16:41; 2Chr 20:21; Luke 1:50; Jude 1:21