Psalms 106:1

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Praise ye Jehovah. Oh give thanks unto Jehovah; for he is good; For his lovingkindness [endureth] for ever.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

הַֽלְלְויָ֨הּ ׀ הוֹד֣וּ לַיהוָ֣ה כִּי־ט֑וֹב כִּ֖י לְעוֹלָ֣ם חַסְדּֽוֹ׃

Transliteration

Halləlū-Yāh ׀ hōdū to-YHWH for-ṭōb for lə'ōlām ḥasdō

Grammar Details

• *Halləlū-Yāh*: imperative, plural - praise YAH
• *hōdū*: hiphil imperative, plural - give thanks/praise
• *YHWH*: divine name
• *ṭōb*: adjective, masculine, singular - good
• *lə'ōlām*: preposition + noun, masculine, singular - for eternity/forever
• *ḥasdō*: noun + possessive suffix, masculine, singular - his lovingkindness/mercy

Word Meanings

• *Halləlū-Yāh*: praise the LORD/praise YAH
• *hōdū*: give thanks/praise/confess
• *ṭōb*: good/pleasant/favorable
• *lə'ōlām*: forever/eternal/perpetual
• *ḥasdō*: his lovingkindness/covenant faithfulness/mercy/steadfast love

Referenced Verses

• Ps 105:1 : 1 Oh give thanks unto Jehovah, call upon his name; Make known among the peoples his doings.
• Ps 107:1 : 1 O give thanks unto Jehovah; For he is good; For his lovingkindness [endureth] for ever.
• 1 Chr 16:34 : 34 O give thanks unto Jehovah; for he is good; For his lovingkindness [endureth] for ever.
• Ezra 3:11 : 11 And they sang one to another in praising and giving thanks unto Jehovah, [saying], For he is good, for his lovingkindness [endureth] for ever toward Israel. And all the people shouted with a great shout, when they praised Jehovah, because the foundation of the house of Jehovah was laid.
• Ps 118:1 : 1 Oh give thanks unto Jehovah; For he is good; For his lovingkindness [endureth] for ever.
• Ps 105:45 : 45 That they might keep his statutes, And observe his laws. Praise ye Jehovah.
• Ps 136:1 : 1 Oh give thanks unto Jehovah; For he is good; For his lovingkindness [endureth] for ever.
• Jer 33:11 : 11 the voice of joy and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom and the voice of the bride, the voice of them that say, Give thanks to Jehovah of hosts, for Jehovah is good, for his lovingkindness [endureth] for ever; [and of them] that bring [sacrifices of] thanksgiving into the house of Jehovah. For I will cause the captivity of the land to return as at the first, saith Jehovah.
• 1 Thess 5:18 : 18 in everything give thanks: for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus to you-ward.
• Matt 19:17 : 17 And he said unto him, Why askest thou me concerning that which is good? One there is who is good: but if thou wouldest enter into life, keep the commandments.
• Rom 5:20-21 : 20 And the law came in besides, that the trespass might abound; but where sin abounded, grace did abound more exceedingly: 21 that, as sin reigned in death, even so might grace reign through righteousness unto eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
• Ps 119:68 : 68 Thou art good, and doest good; Teach me thy statutes.
• Ps 100:4-5 : 4 Enter into his gates with thanksgiving, And into his courts with praise: Give thanks unto him, and bless his name. 5 For Jehovah is good; His lovingkindness [endureth] for ever, And his faithfulness unto all generations.
• Ps 103:17 : 17 But the lovingkindness of Jehovah is from everlasting to everlasting upon them that fear him, And his righteousness unto children's children;
• 1 Chr 16:41 : 41 and with them Heman and Jeduthun, and the rest that were chosen, who were mentioned by name, to give thanks to Jehovah, because his lovingkindness [endureth] for ever;